{"product_id":"9780007263837","title":"The Headmaster's Wager","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Vincent Lam comes a superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting novel set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePercival Chen is headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon, a patriot, fiercely proud of his Chinese heritage. He is also a compulsive gambler and an incorrigible womanizer. He devotedly ignores all news of the fighting that swirls around him, content to pay the requisite bribes to the ever-changing government officials and to spend his nights at the casino tables.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen his only son gets in trouble with the Vietnamese authorities, Percival has no choice but to send him away. In the loneliness that follows, Percival finds solace with Jacqueline, a beautiful woman of mixed French and Vietnamese heritage. But as the conflict intensifies, the time will come when the headmaster must confront the truths he once refused to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessed with intriguingly flawed characters moving through a landscape ravaged by war, ‘The Headmaster's Wager’ is an almost unbearably tense story of love, betrayal and sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vincent Lam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895325053077,"sku":"9780007263837","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007263837_4dfd2d2c-808d-402b-b499-d983fc83595f.jpg?v=1776888467","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007263837","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}