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Audio book sample courtesy of penguin random house audio. The headmasters wager by vincent lam overdrive rakuten. Vincent lams debut novel, the headmasters wager, tells the poignant tale of chinese national chen pie sou, the headmaster of. The headmasters wager kindle edition by lam, vincent. Feodor chin percival chen is the headmaster of the most respected english school in saigon. Vincent lam is a page turner project bookmark canada, april 10, 20. The montreal gazette its the streetlevel view of a story were more accustomed to viewing in panorama that ultimately makes lams novel. Percival chen is the chinese headmaster of an englishlanguage school in cholon, vietnam, in the 1960s. Blessed with intriguingly flawed characters moving through a richly drawn historical and physical landscape, the headmasters wager is a riveting story of love, betrayal, and sacrifice. What lengths will one go to, to protect all that he holds dear. Listen to the headmasters wager by vincent lam available from rakuten kobo. Vincent lams the headmasters wager is a suspenseful character study set mainly in vietnam during the civil war, told from a perspective that is unfamiliar to most americans, that of a chinese expat, perceval chen, who has lived in vietnam for decades.
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