Vincent Lam
Vincent Lam was born in 1974 in London, Ont., into a family from the expatriate Chinese community of Vietnam. Four years later, they moved to Ottawa where he was raised on stories told by his father and the works of C.S. Lewis and Roald Dahl, and developed aspirations to become a writer. Acknowledging that he hadn’t seen enough of the world to create great literary works, Lam enrolled in medical school at the University of Toronto, hoping it would provide real-life experience and a wealth of rich material. His plan proved to be a very good one.
It was while working as...
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The Headmaster's Wager
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Anchor Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-385-66146-1 (0-385-66146-0)
April 2, 2013 | $21.00
"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...
Written by Vincent Lam
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Anchor Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-385-66146-1 (0-385-66146-0)
April 2, 2013 | $21.00
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"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...
The Headmaster's Wager
Hardcover | 400 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-385-66145-4 (0-385-66145-2)
April 24, 2012 | $32.95
From Giller Prize winner, 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 the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon. He is also a bon vivant, a compulsive gambler and...
Written by Vincent Lam
Hardcover | 400 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-385-66145-4 (0-385-66145-2)
April 24, 2012 | $32.95
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From Giller Prize winner, 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 the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon. He is also a bon vivant, a compulsive gambler and...
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The Headmaster's Wager
eBook | pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-307-36791-4 (0-307-36791-6)
April 24, 2012 | $11.99
From Giller Prize winner, 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 the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon. He is also a bon vivant, a compulsive gambler and...
Written by Vincent Lam
eBook | pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-307-36791-4 (0-307-36791-6)
April 24, 2012 | $11.99
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From Giller Prize winner, 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 the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon. He is also a bon vivant, a compulsive gambler and...
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
The Flu Pandemic and You
eBook | 240 pages | Doubleday Canada | Health & Fitness - Diseases; Health & Fitness
978-0-307-37319-9 (0-307-37319-3)
November 17, 2009 | $13.99
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...
eBook | 240 pages | Doubleday Canada | Health & Fitness - Diseases; Health & Fitness
978-0-307-37319-9 (0-307-37319-3)
November 17, 2009 | $13.99
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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...
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trade paperback.
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
eBook | 368 pages | Anchor Canada | Fiction - Short Stories (single author)
978-0-307-37202-4 (0-307-37202-2)
March 16, 2009 | $12.99
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...
Written by Vincent Lam
eBook | 368 pages | Anchor Canada | Fiction - Short Stories (single author)
978-0-307-37202-4 (0-307-37202-2)
March 16, 2009 | $12.99
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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...
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trade paperback.
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures (Limited Edition)
Hardcover | 368 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction - Short Stories (single author)
978-0-385-66545-2 (0-385-66545-8)
August 28, 2007 | $29.95
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...
Written by Vincent Lam
Hardcover | 368 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction - Short Stories (single author)
978-0-385-66545-2 (0-385-66545-8)
August 28, 2007 | $29.95
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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...
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Anchor Canada | Fiction - Short Stories (single author)
978-0-385-66144-7 (0-385-66144-4)
September 26, 2006 | $17.95
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...
Written by Vincent Lam
Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Anchor Canada | Fiction - Short Stories (single author)
978-0-385-66144-7 (0-385-66144-4)
September 26, 2006 | $17.95
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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...
Also available as an
eBook.
The Flu Pandemic and You
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Doubleday Canada | Health & Fitness - Diseases; Health & Fitness
978-0-385-66277-2 (0-385-66277-7)
September 26, 2006 | $19.95
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...
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Doubleday Canada | Health & Fitness - Diseases; Health & Fitness
978-0-385-66277-2 (0-385-66277-7)
September 26, 2006 | $19.95
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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...
Also available as an
eBook.
