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Books by Vincent Lam
  | | Extraordinary Canadians(First Edition) Tommy Douglas by Vincent Lam Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2013 by Penguin Canada ISBN-13: 978-0-14-316917-8, ISBN: 0-14-316917-3 |
 | | The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2013 by Fourth Estate ISBN-13: 978-0-00-726383-7, ISBN: 0-00-726383-X "From internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Vincent Lam comes a superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting novel set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War. Percival Chen is headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon, a patriot, fiercely proud of his Chinese heritage. He is also a compulsive gambler and an incorrigible womanizer. He devotedly ignores all news of the fighting that swirls a ..." |
 | | The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2013 by Anchor Canada Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-385-66146-1, ISBN: 0-385-66146-0 ""What if your sophomore effort is a masterpiece? Lam's hugely impressive first novel . . . has all the markings. It is a project he has nurtured since his teens--the epic story of his own people, ground almost to oblivion on the bloody geopolitical fulcrum of the Vietnam War--and the result is as good a novel as anyone has ever written about those times. . . . A powerful and engrossing work." --The Globe and Mail Percival Chen is the ..." |
 | | Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures(Reprint) by Vincent Lam Paperback, 374 Pages, Published 2008 by Weinstein Books ISBN-13: 978-1-60286-056-8, ISBN: 1-60286-056-4 "Winner of the 2006 Giller Prize, Lam has assembled a collection of short stories that follows four characters from their student days, through medical school and into their careers as doctors. Ming is a perfectionist with a dark past and overbearing traditional parents. When she starts dating Fitz, she must keep it a secret from her family. Meanwhile, Chen and Sri, their closest colleagues, join them in cutting up cadavers as they learn ..." |
 | | Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures(1st Edition) Stories by Vincent Lam Hardcover, 362 Pages, Published 2007 by Weinstein Books ISBN-13: 978-1-60286-000-1, ISBN: 1-60286-000-9 "Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures welcomes readers into a world where the most mundane events can quickly become life or death. By following four young medical students and physicians - Ming, Fitz, Sri and Chen - this debut collection from 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Vincent Lam is a riveting, eye-opening account of what it means to be a doctor. Deftly navigating his way through 12 interwoven short stories, the author explores the ..." |
 | | Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures Stories (CD-Audio) by Vincent Lam, Christopher Lane Cd, Published 2015 by Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5012-8761-9, ISBN: 1-5012-8761-3 "Winner of the 2006 Giller Prize, Lam has assembled a collection of short stories that follows four characters from their student days, through medical school and into their careers as doctors. Ming is a perfectionist with a dark past and overbearing traditional parents. When she starts dating Fitz, she must keep it a secret from her family. Meanwhile, Chen and Sri, their closest colleagues, join them in cutting up cadavers as they learn ..." |
 | | Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2008 by 4Th Estate Import ISBN-13: 978-0-00-726380-6, ISBN: 0-00-726380-5 "Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures welcomes readers into a world where the most mundane events can quickly become life or death. By following four young medical students and physicians - Ming, Fitz, Sri and Chen - this debut collection from 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Vincent Lam is a riveting, eye-opening account of what it means to be a doctor. Deftly navigating his way through 12 interwoven short stories, the author explores the ..." |
 | | The Headmaster's Wager(1st Edition) by Vincent Lam Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2012 by Hogarth Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-307-98646-7, ISBN: 0-307-98646-2 "A superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting debut novel about one man’s loyalty to his country, his family and his heritage Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English academy in 1960s Saigon, and he is well accustomed to bribing a forever-changing list of government officials in order to maintain the elite status of his school. Fiercely proud of his Chinese heritage, he is quick to spot the busines ..." |
 | | Extraordinary Canadians(1st Edition) Tommy Douglas by Vincent Lam, John Ralston Saul Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2011 by Viking ISBN-13: 978-0-670-06851-7, ISBN: 0-670-06851-9 "Once voted the greatest Canadian of all time, Tommy Douglas was a prairie politician who believed in democratic socialism, the crucial role of civil rights, and the great potential of cooperation for the common good. He is best known as the “Father of Medicare.” Born in 1904, Douglas was a championship boxer and a Baptist minister who later exchanged his pulpit for a political platform. A powerful orator and tireless activist, he sat fi ..." |
 | | Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2009 by Harper Perennial International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-00-726381-3, ISBN: 0-00-726381-3 "Winner of the 2006 Giller Prize, Lam has assembled a collection of short stories that follows four characters from their student days, through medical school and into their careers as doctors. Ming is a perfectionist with a dark past and overbearing traditional parents. When she starts dating Fitz, she must keep it a secret from her family. Meanwhile, Chen and Sri, their closest colleagues, join them in cutting up cadavers as they learn ..." |
 | | Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures Stories by Vincent Lam Paperback, 355 Pages, Published 2006 by Anchor Canada International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-385-66144-7, ISBN: 0-385-66144-4 "Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures welcomes readers into a world where the most mundane events can quickly become life or death. By following four young medical students and physicians – Ming, Fitz, Sri and Chen – this debut collection from 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Vincent Lam is a riveting, eye-opening account of what it means to be a doctor. Deftly navigating his way through 12 interwoven short stories, the author explores the ..." |
 | | The Headmaster's Wager (Paperback) by Vincent Lam Published 2012 by Harpercollins Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-00-734035-4, ISBN: 0-00-734035-4 |
 | | The Headmaster's Wager(Reprint) by Vincent Lam Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2013 by Hogarth Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-307-98648-1, ISBN: 0-307-98648-9 "A superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting debut novel about one man’s loyalty to his country, his family and his heritage Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English academy in 1960s Saigon, and he is well accustomed to bribing a forever-changing list of government officials in order to maintain the elite status of his school. Fiercely proud of his Chinese heritage, he is quick to spot the business o ..." |
 | | The Flu Pandemic and You(1st Edition) A Canadian Guide by Vincent Lam, Dr. Colin Lee, Colin Lee, Intro Margaret Atwood Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2006 by Doubleday Canada International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-385-66277-2, ISBN: 0-385-66277-7 "An essential survival guide – both to pandemic influenza, and to the hype surrounding it.Written by an emergency physician and a public health physician, The Flu Pandemic and You is a frank and clear book about how to prepare for the next influenza pandemic, and how to understand the broader context in which the threat exists. With cool heads and great professional expertise, the authors describe the history of influenza pandemics, the ..." |
 | | On the Ravine by Vincent Lam Hardcover, Published 2023 by Knopf Canada ISBN-13: 978-0-7352-7771-7, ISBN: 0-7352-7771-0 |
 | | Tommy Douglas by Vincent Lam Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-607-00851-7, ISBN: 0-607-00851-2 |
 | | The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-299-09730-8, ISBN: 1-299-09730-8 |
 | | The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam 400 Pages, Published 2012 by Doubleday Canada ISBN-13: 978-0-307-36791-4, ISBN: 0-307-36791-6 "Vincent Lam. join the Chinese resistance. Few of these brave ones had survived the war. He had sat in his room, the walls pierced by screams. Percival confided the shameful truth of his father's last years in Cholon. He had pieced it together from the household servants. With the news of his first wife's death in Shantou, Chen Kai had become unable to sleep. For days, he wept with guilt at not having returned to China while Muy Fa ..." |
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