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Lam, Vincent.
The Headmaster's Wager
[Libby].
Random House Publishing Group,
2012.
Viet Cong.
Vietnam.
literary fiction.
War.
Cultural.
heritage.
Historical.
1960s.
romance.
wartime.
Canadian.
Canadian Literature.
Fiction.
father and son.
novels.
Chinese.
love.
love story.
Traditional.
Asian.
China.
Historical Fiction.
foreigner.
fathers and sons.
novel.
communist.
Historical Romance.
Vietnam War.
saigon.
forbidden love.
ESL.
gambling.
Alternate History.
fiction books.
Indochina.
romance books.
romance novels.
chinese communism.
mahjong tables.
tet offensive.
historical fiction novels.
historical fiction books.
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Fiction.
Literature.
Romance.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:<b>A superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting debut novel about one man’s loyalty to his country, his family and his heritage</b><br /> <b> </b><br /> Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English academy in 1960s Saigon, and he is well accustomed to bribing a forever-changing list of government officials in order to maintain the elite status of his school. Fiercely proud of his Chinese heritage, he is quick to spot the business opportunities rife in a divided country, though he also harbors a weakness for gambling haunts and the women who frequent them. He devotedly ignores all news of the fighting that swirls around him, but when his only son gets in trouble with the Vietnamese authorities, Percival faces the limits of his connections and wealth and is forced to send him away. <br /> <br /> In the loneliness that follows, Percival finds solace in Jacqueline, a beautiful woman of mixed French and Vietnamese heritage whom he is able to confide...
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