Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

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Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
Author	Vincent Lam
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

v • d • e Scotiabank Giller Prize M.G. Vassanji, The Book of Secrets (1994) · Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance (1995) · Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace (1996) · Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version (1997) · Alice Munro, The Love of a Good Woman (1998) · Bonnie Burnard, A Good House (1999) · Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost / David Adams Richards, Mercy among the Children (2000) · Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan (2001) · Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe (2002) · M.G. Vassanji, The In-Between World of Vikram Lall (2003) · Alice Munro, Runaway (2004) · David Bergen, The Time in Between (2005) · Vincent Lam, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2006) · Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air (2007) · Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce (2008)