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Byline: Thomas Swick
SAO PAULO, Brazil _ In the morning, Eugene was at his post at the computer. Thin, long-limbed, handsome, preoccupied. Lilian had told me that he had really taken to Berkeley, and was not happy about being back in Sao Paulo, without a job, his California girlfriend returned to Istanbul. He got up to go to the post office, and when he returned it was with two chicken croquettes for my breakfast.
Around noon he walked with me to the corner, where the taxis congregated, and gave the address in my hand to one of the drivers. A group of them studied a map, burbling in Portuguese, until Eugene's right hand, held out from his waist, formed a ...