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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific - J. Maarten Troost
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B009I93KWE
Publisher: Broadway
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
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Merle
Merle rated it
2.5 The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Martin Troost’s life wasn’t going much of anywhere, so he lucked out when his girlfriend got a job in the remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati, where he spent his time learning to surf, drinking with other expats, and trying to write a novel. He never succeeded – from the superficial depictions ...
ellaminnowpea
ellaminnowpea rated it
I read this because my friends back in PA decided they wanted to give a book club a shot and I knew I'd be visiting the weekend that they wanted to hold their discussion. So here you have it: the first installment in the (Un)Official Chestnut Hill Gang Book Club. Maarten Troost and his girlfriend (w...
susanvoss18
susanvoss18 rated it
4.0 The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
Kiribati (pronounced Kiribas) was an unknown place to me before I listened to this book. Just getting there was an adventure, with pigs on the runway and museum-quality airplanes. Once there, the culture shock hits on so many fronts.While the beginning of the book lagged a bit for me, starting off i...
Beth's List Love on Booklikes
Beth's List Love on Booklikes rated it
3.0
Funny account of life in one of the remotest places on earth. The author and his girfriend go to live on Tawara, a tiny atoll which is part of the country of Kiribati. Kiribati, as he tells us, has the land mass of the Baltimore metro area, broken up in 33 pieces, and scatter across an expanse of oc...
Barbara's Booky Blog
Barbara's Booky Blog rated it
2.0
The only thing this book did for me was to convince me to stay the heck out of the South Pacific. It's truly amazing that those people survive with their complete lack of hygiene. I thought the parts were the author was swimming in the ocean waters only to come ashore to people actually shitting in...
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