After five trips to India from 1978 to 1998, novelist Grant Buday has paralleled his Goa-based discoveries with those of the 16th century Portuguese soldier and poet Luis de Camoens in Golden Goa (ECW $17.95), a personalized exploration of the ex-Portuguese colonies of Goa, Daman and Diu. Goa was the former 'jewel in the crown' of Portugal's widespread, formerly Catholic empire. 1-55022-412-2

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