The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
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- ISBN13: 9780767915304
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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At the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost—who had been pushing the snooze button on the clock radio clock of life by racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobs—chose to pack up his flip-flops and go to Tarawa, a remote South Pacific island in the Republic of Kiribati. He was restless and lacked direction, and the thought of dropping everything and moving to the ends of the Planet was irresistibly romantic. He should have known better.
The Sex Lives of Cannibals tells the hilarious tale of what happens when Troost discovers that Tarawa is not the island paradise he dreamed of. Falling into one amusing mishap after another, Troost struggles through relentless, airless 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 essential 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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This guy is the largest whiner since Bill “I wanted to walk around England but it was raining” Bryson. He moves to a godforsaken atoll at the end of the world, KNOWING it’s a godforsaken atoll at the end of the world, and then whines in a rarely amusing way about being stuck on an atoll at the end of the world. Sorry, this writer is no Dave Barry and no Paul Theroux, and his “style” is certainly not worth the fee of the book. You can have my copy if you just send a self-addressed stamped envelope; I only read about half of it, so it’s nearly like new!
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Exaggerated. Overly dramatic. Derived. The leader is a pretty awesome guy, just question him. Right when you start to reflect that the tale is getting appealing the leader slides back into a pit of self-absorption. Few notable pieces of entertainment surrounded by a sea of drivel…erroneous facts. Don’t write a book using information gleaned from wikipedia. If you are the type of person who 1) keep hamsters as pets, or 2) remains celibate despite no moral conflicts, then this book is for you.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Troost is clearly educated and intelligent, even mildly amusing at times. But this book is hardly worth any hype. The title is having no effect and unexplained. His text is far too long-winded. And for a man who bemoans capitalism, materialism and nearly everything American, where did he end up living? Cali! In the end, the hypocrisy was a bit much.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I thought I would be able to delight in this book since I have been living on a tiny atoll in the South Pacific. I have visited some of the islands he mentions and I establish most of his tales over the top and a few of his tales I would bet are completely fictitious. The title of the book has nothing to do with what the book is about. Troost’s writing style is very negative. He comes across as very anti-American. After bashing America several times He ends up moving there after his supposed 2 years experience. Don’t waste your time or money.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Although the book has it’s highlights, overall it’s just OK. There is a lot of bashing of the US (politics not needed in a “humorous” travel book) and of the very people he lived with. Troost’s disdain for the majority of the natives who surround him is very clear and he obviously feels vastly superior to these simple people.
In order to sell books, he suggests he will chat about cannibals sex lives – note – the cannibals he discusses are the native dogs that roam the island. Nice try.
Overall 3 stars with a lean toward 2. Anyone who laughs out loud at this book needs to read a bit more.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5