Basil Papademos (born 1957 in

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) was a

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writer."Detained over concerns of obscenity"
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'', July 15, 2013. He is best known for his 2012 novel ''Mount Royal'', which won the award for Best Erotic Novel at the 2013 Bisexual Book Awards and was a nominee in the novels category at the 2013

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."ReLit Awards: Novel"
''Canadian Books and Authors''. After his Bisexual Book Awards win, he was detained by the

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for several hours upon his return to Canada, under suspicion of importing obscene materials. He was later cleared without charges. He has also published the novels ''The Hook of It Is'' (1989) and ''How to Fuck Your Psychiatrist'' (2015).

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