Racing With the Rain

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Racing With The Rain: a phenomenon witnessed in the tropics. A fast moving rain cloud in an otherwise clear sky triggers a sudden downpour and people run helter-skelter for cover. Is it possible to outrun the rain? Can one ever really escape the past and avoid the inevitable?It is 1980. Guyanese born and Canadian naturalized Carl Dias' life is unraveling. He is separated from his wife Natasha and two children. and now, comes news that his father, Augusto has died in Guyana.Conflict seems to have marked Carl's early life. Back in colonial British Guiana, he was an active member of a youth movement of reform, the left-wing ruling party. This inevitably led to a clash with Augusto, a successful businessman and member of the business elite, a man with political ambitions in the Conservative party. Augusto has come from a long line of Portuguese entrepreneurs and is fiercely opposed to independence for the country under Reform. adding to the conflict between father and son, Carl had