Nadia Comaneci?s gold-medal performance at the Olympic Games in Montreal is the starting point for a whole new generation. Eric Dupont watches the performance on TV, mesmerized. The son of a police officer (Henry VIII) and a professional cook?as he likes to remind us?he grows up in the depths of the Quebec countryside with a new address for almost every birthday and little but memories of his mother to hang onto. His parents have divorced, and the novel?s narrator relates his childhood, comparing it to a family gymnastics performance worthy of Nadia herself.Life in ...