A rowdy reel of a novel that spans a hundred years and one family's far flung roots by the internationally acclaimed author of Fault Lines . Screenwriter Milo Noirlac is dying. As he lies in his hospital bed, voices from his past and present--real and imagined--come to him in the dark, each taking on the rhythm of his favorite Brazilian fight-dance, the capoeira. Seated next to him, Milo's partner, bumptious director Paul Schwartz, coaxes Milo through...