The Washington Post Book Club; DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS by Jorge Amado. Presented by Kunio Francis Tanabe From: The Washington Post | Date: February 13, 2005 | Copyright 2005 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

What do you call an adulterous affair with a ghost? A spiritual liaison? A ghoulish romance? A voodoo hoodoo? Jorge Amado's Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands grapples with just this question. In this comic novel, a passionate yet upright widow faces a dilemma: She adores her new husband, Teodoro, a straitlaced pharmacist, but is haunted by the ghost of her mischievous first husband, Vadinho, who stole her virginity and her heart and died of a heart attack while dancing the samba -- in drag -- du...

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