Burlington Public Library is thrilled to w elcome back Dr. Vincent Lam to talk about his latest book\, On the Ravine\ , &ldquo\;an exquisitely crafted novel\, piercing in its urgency and breat htaking in its intimacy\, about the devastating experience of addiction.&r dquo\; (Penguin Random House Canada)
\nDr. Lam&rsquo\;s first book\, the bestselling Giller Prize-winning Bloodletting &\; Miraculous C ures\, was BPL&rsquo\;s celebrated One Book One Burlington title in 2 009.
\nA Different Drummer Books will be onsite selling the book for signing after the talk.
\nExplore Vinc ent Lam in our collection
\nIn his down town Toronto condo\, Dr. Chen awakens to the sound of streetcars below\, b ut it is not the early morning traffic that keeps him from sleep. News ban ners run across his phone: Fentanyl Crisis\; Toxic Drug Supply\; Record Nu mber of Deaths. From behind the headlines\, on the same screen\, glow the faces of his patients\, the faces of the what-ifs: What if he had done mor e&mdash\;or less? Or something different? Would they still be alive?
\nCombining the depth of his experience as a physician with the brillianc e of his literary talent\, Vincent Lam creates a world electric in its pre cision and radiant in its detail. On the Ravine is a gripping nov el of profound emotional force\, a soaring achievement from a singular voi ce in Canadian fiction.
\nVincent Lam&rsq uo\;s first book\, Bloodletting &\; Miraculous Cures\, won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize and was adapted for television and broadcast on HBO Canada. The Headmaster&rsquo\;s Wager\, Dr. Lam&rsquo\;s first novel\, was shortlisted for the 2012 Governor General&rsquo\;s Liter ary Award and the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize. Dr. Lam is also the co-aut hor of The Flu Pandemic and You\, a non-fiction guide to influenz a pandemics\, which received a Special Recognition Award from the American Medical Writers&rsquo\; Association in 2007. In addition\, he served as e xecutive editor and co-author of the textbook\, Opioid Agonist Therapy : A Prescriber&rsquo\;s Guide to Treatment\, published in 2022. In 20 11\, he published a biography of Tommy Douglas\, &ldquo\;father of medicar e\,&rdquo\; for Penguin Canada&rsquo\;s Extraordinary Canadians Series. Dr . Lam is an emergency physician and addictions physician who lives in Toro nto. He is the medical director of the Coderix Medical Clinic.
\nPre sented in partnership with Penguin Random House Canada and A Different Dru mmer Books
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