The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
by J. Maarten Troost
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Author: J. Maarten TroostEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-15
ISBN: 1433201755
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
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Book Review: THE ULTIMATE IN A TRAVEL BOOK
Summary: 5 Stars
I would not advise the reader to travel to Kiribati, but the book is a must read for those who've never really left their comfort zone in the U.S. The author paints a beautiful picture of the riveting blue ocean, the palm trees, the colors of the sunset. But he also paints a vivid portrait of a land that the world has forgotten; the terrible conditions that the natives endure daily, the lack of food and health system. I found myself cringing as I read of the reef-toilet, the soiled diapers floating in the water, and could picture it all.
Yet, Maarten pulls you into this story so well you find yourself admiring the daily trials he had to endure, and laughing at the self-deprecating way he tells the story. It was educational, hilarious and amazing. That his marriage lasted is the amazing part.
As an expat living in Iran in the 70s, I thought I had it rough. My idea of roughing was standing in the reservation line at the Ritz Carleton. But after reading this book, Iran was like living in Paris at the Ritz Hotel.
Dodie Cross, author of A Broad Abroad in Thailand: An Expat's Misadventures in the Land of Smiles.
Summary of The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
At age twenty-six, Maarten Troost decided to pack up his flip-flops and move to a remote South Pacific island. The idea of dropping everything and moving to the ends of the earth was irresistibly romantic. He should have known better.This book tells the hilarious story of what happens when he discovers that the island is not the paradise he dreamed of. Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles with stifling heat, deadly bacteria, and polluted seas in a country where the only music to be heard is "La Macarena." He and his girlfriend, Sylvia, contend with incompetent officials, alarmingly large critters, a paucity of food options (including the Great Beer Crisis), and bizarre local characters, including "Half-Dead Fred" and the so-called Poet Laureate of Tarawa, a British drunkard who's never written a poem in his life.
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