In a running subplot Mr. de Villiers tracks the course of Hurricane Ivan , which came to life in spring 2004 as a turbulent air system in the Darfur region of Sudan , slowly made its way across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and , with erratic zigs and zags , slammed the Gulf Coast and split , one half heading all the way up the Eastern seaboard to Mr. de Villiers 's home in Nova Scotia .
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