Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
Author: J. Maarten Troost
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, mach….Read More
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