Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
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| Author | Vincent Lam |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Doubleday in Canada Weinstein Books in the USA |
| Publication date | January 17, 2006 |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0385661430 (Doubleday) ISBN 9781602860001 (Weinstein Books) |
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures is a short story collection by Vincent Lam, published in 2006. The book, inspired by Lam's own experiences in medical school and as a professional physician, is a volume of interconnected short stories about the lives and relationships of Fitz, Ming, Chen and Sri, four young medical students in Toronto.
Bloodletting won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
[edit] Television adaptation
On November 10, 2006, Canadian production company Shaftesbury Films announced a deal with Lam to adapt the book into a television series for Movie Central and The Movie Network. According to TMN spokesperson Michelle Marion, "ER is a medical drama for conventional television. Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures is a medical drama for pay television." [1]
The television series is being written by Jason Sherman. Its official air date and cast have not yet been announced.
[edit] References
| Preceded by The Time in Between by David Bergen |
Scotiabank Giller Prize 2006 |
Succeeded by Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay |
