HALO AROUND THE MOON. Winter, 1998, Dr Stefan Tindan Esfuerzo contemplates ending it all. He doubts if he has what it takes, a decade after his one-hit-wonder book crammed the U.S retail shelves. During their breakup, Nurse Monica, his Igbo-Nigerian ex-wife, put it rather plainly. Later, she dumped him for someone else who could help push him out of his job. He has since turned the joke of peers, wondering what is the point teaching romance when your...