Showing posts with label Equitorial Pacific. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Equitorial Pacific. Show all posts

Saturday, March 28, 2009

The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost

The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost


My review


rating: 4 of 5 stars
After graduating from college the author spends some time looking for work but mostly lazes around wondering what to do next. Then his girlfriend gets a job in the tiny Pacific island country of Kiribati and he goes with her. This is the story of their two years living on an atoll where there are/is no: garbage dumps, toilets, rain, air conditioning, reliable transportation or diversity in food sources. But there are/is quite a lot of: sharks, feral dogs, intestinal parasites, insects, shit, suffocating heat, vast cultural differences and wonderfully interesting people. Amazing.


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