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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.099681
Fabric Type: 9780767915304
Legal Disclaimer: 0767915305
Maximum Color Depth: Broadway
Metal Type: Broadway
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 288
Total External Bays Free: June 08, 2004
Total Firewire Ports: Broadway
Total Parallel Ports: June 08, 2004
Broadway
Features:- ISBN13: 9780767915304
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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, and worst of all, no television or coffee. And that’s just the first day.
Sunburned, emaciated, and stinging with sea lice, Troost spends the next two years battling incompetent government officials, alarmingly large critters, erratic electricity, and a paucity of food options. He contends with a cast of bizarre 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), and eventually settles into the ebb and flow of island life, just before his return to the culture shock of civilization.
With the rollicking wit of Bill Bryson, the brilliant travel exposition of Paul Theroux, and a hipster edge that is entirely Troost’s own, The Sex Lives of Cannibals is the ultimate vicarious adventure. Readers may never long to set foot on Tarawa, but they’ll want to travel with Troost time and time again.
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I stumbled on this book while traveling with my husband in Bolivia. Being somewhat limited in what English books we could find at book exchanges, we had gotten used to reading just about anything, as long as it was indeed in English. What a surprise when we ended up with this hilarious travelogue that we just couldn't put down. Although we were in another country halfway across the world from Tarawa, we felt like the situations he was describing happen in many developing nations (corruption, inefficiency, ... Read More
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I have to say that I could not get into this book ... I really tried too. I read about half way through it to ch. 11 and at times just had to skim it because it felt like such a waste of my time but I was reading it for a book club. I did not like the writing style ... that could be part of it. It just had nothing that gave me any incentive to read it...
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I've been on a Bill Bryson kick and generally adore books about travel, so I was psyched when my friend at work gave me this. I was also sickly enjoying reading about how crappy a beautiful tropical island can be sometimes! With arctic air masses threatening to give us frostbite and keep our cars from starting-- I think I had a bit of schadenfreude as I read about our main character's misadventures. Hey, it might be cold here but there's no sea lice, beer shortage, or sharks. It was a fun and fast past travel ... Read More
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If you're an optimist, you'll quickly be turned off by the continual negativity and complaining about how miserable this island is, the endless self-deprecating humor about how lazy he considers himself, a procrastinator not accomplishing much of anything, while his wife works.
After seeing so many positive reviews, I didn't realize it was going to be such a pessimistic book, but quickly realized that as soon as I started reading. I felt it may eventually turn positive but gave up half-way through ... Read More
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Although I thoroughly enjoy travel books and humor, I could not ever get into this. I finished it, but felt as though I could have used my reading time much better, but it was a book club choice, so finished it. I shall stick to Bill Bryson for this category! Much better writer.
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