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02354aam a2200385Ia 4500 001 2DB898AAF71F11E185565BE26AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 120806s2012 enk 000 1 eng d 010 $a bl2012020679 020 $a 0307986462 020 $a 9780307986467 035 $a (OCoLC)804815475 040 $a IEP $c IEP $d SILO $d OCLCO $d IHV $d ORL $d SILO 100 1 $a Lam, Vincent. 245 1 $a The headmaster's wager : $b a novel / $c Vincent Lam. 250 $a 1st U.S. ed. 260 $a London ; $b Hogarth, $c c2012. 300 $a 426 p. ; $c 25 cm. 520 $a Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon. He is also a bon vivant, a compulsive gambler and an incorrigible womanizer. He is well accustomed to bribing a forever-changing list of government officials in order to maintain the elite status of the Chen Academy. He is fiercely proud of his Chinese heritage, and quick to spot the business opportunities rife in a divided country. He devotedly ignores all news of the fighting that swirls around him, choosing instead to read the faces of his opponents at high-stakes mahjong tables. 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. In the loneliness that follows, Percival finds solace in Jacqueline, a beautiful woman of mixed French and Vietnamese heritage, and Laing Jai, a son born to them on the eve of the Tet offensive. Percival's new-found happiness is precarious, and as the complexities of war encroach further and further into his world, he must confront the tragedy of all he has refused to see. 650 0 $a School principals $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Fathers and sons $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) $v Fiction. 941 $a 9 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214040331.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006065237.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418091057.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826065236.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926020115.0 952 $l EBPE325 $d 20150227015433.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20140812081311.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20140619022919.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20120905010525.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2DB898AAF71F11E185565BE26AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search