2050
- Publisher
- Midtown Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2016
- Category
- NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Asian American, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781988242187
- Publish Date
- Oct 2016
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Twenty years after the Patriotic War, Detective Sara Fidelia is summoned to investigate a mutilated Mort left at South Gate, just outside the walled city. All the clues point to a Perp from the rebel town of Excursion, miles away on the other side of the river. She sets off across the ruined city, and through encounters with mysterious strangers slowly realizes she’s a pawn in a much larger game. A benevolent dictatorship controls the world, enforcing the teachings of the charismatic Sensei. Determined to heal the environmental damage of the past century, it keeps the impoverished citizens pacified with an addictive drink called Pleasant Planet. 2050 is a murder mystery set in a post-apocalyptic landscape – recognizably the Vancouver area – reduced by climate change, war and pandemic to a fraction of its former size.
About the author
Michael Kluckner is a Canadian writer and artist. His early books on the history of Canadian cities, heritage, planning issues, and art, include Vancouver The Way It Was, Vanishing Vancouver, Paving Paradise, and British Columbia in Watercolour. He has won numerous awards, including the Duthie Prize, the Vancouver Book Prize, the Toronto Book Prize (short list), the Hallmark Society (Victoria) Award of Merit, and the Heritage Canada Medal of Achievement. In 1991 Michael was the founding president of the Heritage Vancouver Society. From 1996 until 2001, he was the British Columbia member of the board of governors of the Heritage Canada Foundation, and served as chair from 1998 to 2000. Michael chaired the Vancouver Heritage Foundation in 2002-3. He received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 for the contributions made, through books and volunteer efforts, to increasing awareness of Canada's heritage and culture.
