Synopsis
An in-depth study of how the country incorporates music into its daily life and into its rituals for mourning and celebration
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Review
A delightfully compelling survey of the Brazillian geography and its music. This is a fun, captivation read that you will indeed dance through.--Linda Dailey Paulson "Dirty Linen "
About the Author
John Krich's travel and sports writing, reportage and fiction, have appeared in Mother Jones, Vogue, Sports Illustrated, the Village Voice, Image, Commentary, California, The New York Times and many others. His novel on the private life of Fidel Castro, A Totally Free Man, won a Special Citation, PEN/Ernest Hemingway Award. He leaves his luggage in San Francisco.
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