Book Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam - Page 2

The book delves into questions of medical ethics and human ethics, and gives an accessible insider's view into the strained Canadian medical system, touching on the Toronto SARS crisis in "Contact Tracing," a crisis Lam saw first-hand in the emergency room. But primarily, it is a highly entertaining tale — or rather, they are highly entertaining tales — of life and death and the meaningfully mundane moments in between.

The story behind the stories is nearly as compelling as the collection itself. The tale is that he met Margaret Atwood on a cruise ship where he was working, and convinced her to read his manuscript. She admired it enough to act as a mentor to the younger writer and introduce him to his publisher.

Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam is available from Doubleday Canada, a division of Random House Canada.

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