Memoir From Antproof Case FIC045000 into the black backwaters of

into the black backwaters of the Mississippi River

every woman with a baby hurrying away from you down a gas-lit street

off to sea on a British merchant ship

and compete in baking challenges with a hundred-year-old sourdough starter

compelling fantasy for the wild at heart

Memoir From Antproof Case FIC045000 into the black backwaters ofAn old American who lives in Brazil is writing his memoirs. An English teacher at the naval academy, he is married to a woman young enough to be his daughter and has a little son whom he loves. He sits in a mountain garden in Niteri, overlooking the ocean. As he reminisces and writes, placing the pages carefully in his antproof case, we learn that he was a World War II ace who was shot down twice, an investment banker who met with popes and