Vincent Lam, author portrait
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Vincent Lam

VINCENT LAM’s first book, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and was adapted for television and broadcast on HBO Canada. The Headmaster’s Wager, Dr. Lam’s first novel, was shortlisted for the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award and the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize. In 2011, he published a biography of Tommy Douglas, “father of medicare,” for Penguin Canada’s Extraordinary Canadians Series. Dr. Lam is an emergency physician and addictions physician who lives in Toronto.
Extraordinary Canadians: Tommy Douglas
The Headmaster's Wager
The Flu Pandemic and You

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Extraordinary Canadians: Tommy Douglas
The Headmaster's Wager
The Flu Pandemic and You

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Fri Mar 13
COHO BOOKS
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CAMPBELL RIVER, BC V9W 2C5
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