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Getting Stoned With Savages: A Trip Through The Islands Of Fiji And Vanuatu - J. Maarten Troost, Simon Vance
Getting Stoned With Savages: A Trip Through The Islands Of Fiji And Vanuatu
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Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals Troost’s wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a hilarious account of life in the farthest reaches of the world.After two grueling years on the island of Tarawa, Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific—until he began to feel remarkably... show more
Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals Troost’s wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a hilarious account of life in the farthest reaches of the world.After two grueling years on the island of Tarawa, Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific—until he began to feel remarkably out of place in modern America—and he knew it was time to set off for parts unknown. Here he tells the story of his time on Vanuatu, a cluster of islands where he struggles against typhoons, earthquakes, and giant centipedes but finds himself swept up in the laid-back, clothing-optional lifestyle of the islanders. When his wife Sylvia gets pregnant, they decamp for slightly more civilized Fiji, a fallen paradise rife with prostitutes and government coups, where their son takes quite naturally to island living.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN: 9781433201783 (143320178X)
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Edition language: English
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jasontucker
jasontucker rated it
0.0 Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
3.5 Stars
Osho
Osho rated it
4.0 Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
Much better than the author's The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific, which featured neither cannibals nor sex lives. Troost indeed gets stoned (on kava), though perhaps one might suggest "indigenes" rather than "savages." This is a slicker narrative than Cannibals, and not as ...
sandin954
sandin954 rated it
3.0 Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
While not as good as the author's previous book (The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific) still, an amusing look at island life. Audio read by Simon Vance.
debnance
debnance rated it
4.0 Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
Who would think a book about moving to a tropical island with enormous poisonous stinging caterpillars and enormous poisonous snakes and sharks in the water and even real cannibals would be amusing? Troost must be a very accepting fellow because he's done it not once but twice. Both times he has man...
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What a fun introduction to life in the remote South Pacific. Not totally sure it makes me actually want to go to Vanuatu and Fiji, but loved reading about Troost's adventures living in both. I'm a little sad he and his wife are now living in the US for awhile, but maybe he can make California life a...
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