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    Item specifics

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    Release Year
    2006
    ISBN
    9780767921992

    About this product

    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
    ISBN-10
    0767921992
    ISBN-13
    9780767921992
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    50241579

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Getting Stoned with Savages : a Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
    Number of Pages
    256 Pages
    Language
    English
    Topic
    Personal Memoirs, Australia & Oceania, Essays & Travelogues
    Publication Year
    2006
    Genre
    Travel, Biography & Autobiography
    Author
    J. Maarten Troost
    Format
    Trade Paperback

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    0.7 in
    Item Weight
    7.4 Oz
    Item Length
    7.9 in
    Item Width
    5.2 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    2006-042612
    Dewey Edition
    22
    Reviews
    Praise for The Sex Lives of Cannibals : "A comic masterwork of travel writing." -- Publishers Weekly "Troost has a command of place and narrative that puts his debut in the company of some of today's best travel writers." -- Elle "A delightful, self-deprecating, extremely sly account of life in a place so wretched it gives new, terrible meaning to getting away from it all." -- National Geographic Adventure, Praise for The Sex Lives of Cannibals : "A comic masterwork of travel writing." - Publishers Weekly "Troost has a command of place and narrative that puts his debut in the company of some of today's best travel writers." - Elle "A delightful, self-deprecating, extremely sly account of life in a place so wretched it gives new, terrible meaning to getting away from it all." - National Geographic Adventure, Praise for "The Sex Lives of Cannibals: "A comic masterwork of travel writing." --"Publishers Weekly "Troost has a command of place and narrative that puts his debut in the company of some of today's best travel writers." --"Elle "A delightful, self-deprecating, extremely sly account of life in a place so wretched it gives new, terrible meaning to getting away from it all." --"National Geographic Adventure
    Dewey Decimal
    919.59504
    Synopsis
    With The Sex Lives of Cannibals , Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a side-splittingly funny account of life in the farthest reaches of the world. After two grueling years on the island of Tarawa, battling feral dogs, machete-wielding neighbors, and a lack of beer on a daily basis, Maarten Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific. But as time went on, he realized he felt remarkably out of place among the trappings of twenty-first-century America. When he found himself holding down a job--one that might possibly lead to a career--he knew it was time for him and his wife, Sylvia, to repack their bags and set off for parts unknown. Getting Stoned with Savages tells the hilarious story of Troost's time on Vanuatu--a rugged cluster of islands where the natives gorge themselves on kava and are still known to "eat the man." Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles against typhoons, earthquakes, and giant centipedes and soon finds himself swept up in the laid-back, clothing-optional lifestyle of the islanders. When Sylvia gets pregnant, they decamp for slightly-more-civilized Fiji, a fallen paradise where the local chiefs can be found watching rugby in the house next door. And as they contend with new parenthood in a country rife with prostitutes and government coups, their son begins to take quite naturally to island living--in complete contrast to his dad., A rip-roaringly funny account of life in the farthest corners of the world, "Getting Stoned with Savages" again reveals the wry appreciation of the absurd and infectious joy of discovery that make Troost one of the most engaging and original travel writers around., With The Sex Lives of Cannibals , Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a side-splittingly funny account of life in the farthest reaches of the world. After two grueling years on the island of Tarawa, battling feral dogs, machete-wielding neighbors, and a lack of beer on a daily basis, Maarten Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific. But as time went on, he realized he felt remarkably out of place among the trappings of twenty-first-century America. When he found himself holding down a jobone that might possibly lead to a careerhe knew it was time for him and his wife, Sylvia, to repack their bags and set off for parts unknown. Getting Stoned with Savages tells the hilarious story of Troost's time on Vanuatua rugged cluster of islands where the natives gorge themselves on kava and are still known to "eat the man." Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles against typhoons, earthquakes, and giant centipedes and soon finds himself swept up in the laid-back, clothing-optional lifestyle of the islanders. When Sylvia gets pregnant, they decamp for slightly-more-civilized Fiji, a fallen paradise where the local chiefs can be found watching rugby in the house next door. And as they contend with new parenthood in a country rife with prostitutes and government coups, their son begins to take quite naturally to island livingin complete contrast to his dad.
    LC Classification Number
    DU600.T75 2006

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