by Vincent Lam
Percival Chen is headmaster of a school that teaches English to Vietnamese in Cholon, a suburb of Saigon. It is the early 1960’s and business is good as an ever-growing presence of American military personnel in the country means there is an increasing need for translators. Chen is a weak indivi...
Mr. Lam’s first novel is a fiction inspired by his own family history.At the heart is the story of Chen Pie Sou, also known as Percival, the headmaster of the prestigious Percival Chen English Academy in Cholon, a small city near Saigon. This character is loosely based on Mr. Lam’s grandfatherIt beg...
A lot happened in this book, where to start? It took place over a few decades and even if a lot did not always happened to the character, then the world around him was re-shaped. Percival is the principal of an English school. Is he a good guy? Well what is a good guy? He is kind (sort of), he cares...
After Anouk Markovits' I Am Forbidden blew my mind, I was pretty curious to see what Hogarth's other offerings would be like, and if they continue putting out books as good as this and I Am Forbidden, then I will be a very happy, happy readergirl.Forgive me in advance for my clumsy attempt to summar...
This was a new perspective for me on the Vietnam War. Most of what is on offer for us here in the U.S. is told from the perspective of Americans involved in that war. THE HEADMASTER'S WAGER gives us a picture of life for the common people in and around Saigon during the war. There was a lot of money...
This was a new perspective for me on the Vietnam War. Most of what is on offer for us here in the U.S. is told from the perspective of Americans involved in that war. THE HEADMASTER'S WAGER gives us a picture of life for the common people in and around Saigon during the war. There was a lot of money...
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