The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost is about Troost's journey to the remote island Tarawa in the equatorial Pacific where his girlfriend was working for a nonprofit development organization. This book outlines his daily life living on the atoll with scarce modern amenities. His sarcastic style of humor makes the book laugh out loud funny. Fish is the only thing to eat, water is scarce, and the stench of the used diapers sitting in the sun makes this island a real life piece of hell. He cannot even enjoy the ocean do to the fact the natives use the ocean as a toilet and his frustration with this problem is extremely entertaining. The natives on the island are primitive in their ways and especially in their taste of music (the La Macarena is the only song played on Tarawa). As the days go by one gets a sense for the difficulty and frustration of living on the island. Troost really puts the reader on the island by not holding back on any descriptions and this makes you want to keep turning the pages wondering, can this place really get any worse? (it does) This book is a must read and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
-Duncan Hines
This book sounds like one I would enjoy. I find the way others deal with their surroundings very interesting and would love to see how this man makes it through his struggles.
ReplyDelete-Vanilla Ice
I agree with Vanilla Ice, I think I would enjoy this book. It sounds funny and I like funny stories and it also sounds interesting at the same time.
ReplyDelete-Joan of Arc
I agree with vanilla and joan. The title is what caught my eye at first, but after reading the synopsis, I became especially intrigued. I would love to read this book.
ReplyDelete-guy fawkes
This book sounds hilarious, I think that I would definitely read this. I like when authors tell a story instead of turing their books into a history lesson.
ReplyDelete-Amelia Earhart
The title is pretty catchy; I'm sure it was great and pretty funny from what you said.I have always wondered what it would be like stranded on an island. I wouldn't want to listen to The Macarina every day!
ReplyDelete-Confucius
I agree with Amelia Earhart. I also think that this book sounds hilarious and I tend to stop reading a book that sounds like a history lesson. I would really like to read this book.
ReplyDelete~Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson
This book sounds extremely comical and interesting.
ReplyDeleteIt almost sounds as if it were a leisure book instead of a nonfictional account.
In my book, "The Fruit Hunters," the narrator and also author, Adam Gollner was deep inside jungles or different islands. Did the narrator of your book find any interesting fruits or certain foods? Besides human flesh, of course.
~Benjamin Franklin