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Unless otherwise stated, this discussion guide is reprinted with the permission of hogarth books. The book is inspired by the experiences of lams grandfather. Vincent lam percival chen is the headmaster of the most respected english school in saigon. His first novel, the headmasters wager, was published in 2012 by doubleday canada and has been shortlisted for the 2012 governor generals literary award. The headmaster s wager longlisted for 20 andrew carnegie medals for excellence in fiction american library association, april 23, 20. The headmaster s wager is shortlisted for 20 commonwealth book prize commonwealth writers, april 09, 20. He is well accustomed to bribing a foreverchanging list of government officials in order to maintain the elite status of the chen academy. Lee, author of the new york times bestseller the piano teacher. Vincent lam is a page turner project bookmark canada, april 10, 20.
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