'Breaker' Sends a Spiritual Message

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THE DEW BREAKER, by Edwidge Danticat, Knopf, 244 pages, $22.

At the age of 35, Edwidge Danticat has written probably her most important and most impressive book, a collection of fictional stories that interconnect with the central character -- "The Dew Breaker." The title refers to a man who spent the better part of his life employed by the tyrannical government of Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier (1957-1986) in the torturing and killing of people who opposed or disagreed with the dictatorship.

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'Breaker' Sends a Spiritual Message

Finally, his duties became "a job" like any other, and he wanted to escape to the United States like many other Haitians.

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