Snow Job: An Arthur Beauchamp Novel
Written by William Deverell
Narrated by Tim Machin
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“Smart, beautifully written, and really, really, funny satire featuring Arthur Beauchamp.” –– The Globe and Mail
Finalist for the Stephen Leacock Humour Award
In this zany political thriller, the leader of the despotic Asian nation of Bhashyistan declares war on Canada after a limo bearing its visiting delegation is blown sky-high in snowy Ottawa. The suspected assassin, Abzal Erzhan, a Bhashyistani revolutionary, disappears. Was he kidnapped, was he murdered, or did he get away scot-free? Enter famed trial lawyer Arthur Beauchamp, dragged from retirement on his idyllic Gulf Island farm. As he prepares to represent Erzhan, he must ponder a hard, ethical question: is the alleged terrorist guilty, or has he been set up to take the fall? Arthur soon finds himself tangled up with wily civil servants, scheming cabinet members, an abrasive Bhashyistani propagandist, and a government spy who stumbles about like a bull in a china shop. Meanwhile, the international pressure mounts as Canadian oil executives are taken hostage while three Canadian female tourists, fearing terrorism, hide out in Bhashyistani’s wintry wilds.
William Deverell
After working his way through law school as a news reporter and editor, Bill Deverell was a criminal lawyer in Vancouver before publishing the first of his 16 novels: "Needles", which won the $50,000 Seal Award. "Trial of Passion" won the 1997 Dashiell Hammett award for literary excellence in crime writing in North America, as well as the Arthur Ellis prize in crime writing in Canada. "April Fool" was also an Ellis winner, and his recent two novels, "Kill All the Judges" and :Snow Job" were shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Prize in Humour. His two latest Arthur Beauchamp courtroom dramas, "I'll See You in My Dreams", and "Sing a Worried Song" were released in 2011 and 2013 respectively. His novels have been translated into fourteen languages and sold worldwide. He created CBC's long-running TV series "Street Legal", which has run internationally in more than 80 countries. He was Visiting Professor of Creative Writing University of Victoria, and twice served as Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada. He is a founder and honourary director of the BC Civil Liberties Association and is a Green activist. He has been awarded two honourary doctorates in letters, from Simon Fraser University and the University of Saskatchewan. He lives on Pender Island, British Columbia.
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