Book
Bloodletting & miraculous cures : stories / Vincent Lam.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385661447 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 353 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Anchor Canada ed.
- Publisher: Toronto : Anchor Canada, 2006.
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| Genre: | Short stories. |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Lam | 31681010347326 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
VINCENT LAM is from the expatriate Chinese community of Vietnam. Trained in Toronto, he was an emergency physician for thirteen years. He is now an addictions medicine physician, the Medical Director of the Coderix Medical Clinic, and a lecturer at the University of Toronto. Lamâs debut, a collection of short stories called Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize. His bestselling novel, The Headmasterâs Wager, was a finalist for the Governor Generalâs Literary Award for Fiction in 2012. He is also the co-author of The Flu Pandemic and You, which received an award from the American Medical Writers Association in 2007, and author of a biography of Tommy Douglas, published as part of the Extraordinary Canadians series. Lam and his family live in Toronto.
