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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by: J. Maarten Troost List Price: $12.95 City Travel Guides Price: $10.36 You Save: $2.59 (20%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 306.099681 EAN: 9780767915304 ISBN: 0767915305 Label: Broadway Manufacturer: Broadway Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: June 08, 2004 Publisher: Broadway Release Date: June 08, 2004 Studio: Broadway Sales Rank: 3726 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: At the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost—who had been pushing the snooze button on the alarm clock of life by racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobs—decided to pack up his flip-flops and move to Tarawa, a remote South Pacific island in the Republic of Kiribati. He was restless and lacked direction, and the idea of dropping everything and moving to the ends of the earth was irresistibly romantic. He should have known better. The Sex Lives of Cannibals tells the hilarious story of what happens when Troost discovers that Tarawa is not the island paradise he dreamed of. Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles through relentless, stifling heat, a variety of deadly bacteria, polluted seas, toxic fish—all in a country where the only music to be heard for miles around is “La Macarena.” He and his stalwart girlfriend Sylvia spend the next two years battling incompetent government officials, alarmingly large critters, erratic electricity, and a paucity of food options (including the Great Beer Crisis); and contending with a bizarre cast of local characters, including “Half-Dead Fred” and the self-proclaimed Poet Laureate of Tarawa (a British drunkard who’s never written a poem in his life). With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost has delivered one of the most original, rip-roaringly funny travelogues in years—one that will leave you thankful for staples of American civilization such as coffee, regular showers, and tabloid news, and that will provide the ultimate vicarious adventure. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - If you have ever traveled abroad or graduated with an MA in something unuseableI laughed out loud more than I am really willing to admit. This book is for anyone who has taken a trip to the third world or ever graduated from college with the dream of working for an NGO. His writing is easy to read and hard to put down. I loved it. Rating: - great travel storyI really enjoyed this book. It was funny, informative, irreverant, and even a little sad, all at the same time. Being a person who has always wanted to travel to a distant tropical island, this book opened my eyes to some of the realities of living on a tiny island in the middle of nowhere. Overall, the book was well written and fun to read. Rating:  - Don't Let The Title Mislead YouThis is NOT a fluff book. This is not steamy women's romantic fiction. This book is a witty, hilarious travelogue and from the line "red-arsed Llamas" I found myself laughing aloud. From the author's various descriptions of the setting's waste management challenges to the constant agonizing playing of the song "Macarena," to a diet composed entirely of fish and expired canned goods from Australia, you'll appreciate all you have by the time you finish this entertaining read. Rating: - Hilarious & Brilliant!J. Maarten Troost is the best author! I love his work. He writes how I think. Witty, intellectually sarcastic and insightful! Rating: - See Hilarious and Poignant... Scroll down... Fun read, a little repetitious but he made the point, unfortunately points out that tropical bliss has its significant drawbacks; love the writing style - tongue-in-cheek, irreverent. Will definitely search out other books by this author. |
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