{"product_id":"getting-stoned-with-savages-a-trip-through-the-islands-of-fiji-and-vanuatu-9780767921992","title":"Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu","description":"With \u003ci\u003eThe Sex Lives of Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e, Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. \u003ci\u003eGetting Stoned with Savages\u003c\/i\u003e 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, machete-wielding neighbors, and a lack of beer on a daily basis, Maarten Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific. But as time went on, he realized he felt remarkably out of place among the trappings of twenty-first-century America. When he found himself holding down a job--one that might possibly lead to a career--he knew it was time for him and his wife, Sylvia, to repack their bags and set off for parts unknown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetting Stoned with Savages\u003c\/i\u003e tells the hilarious story of Troost's time on Vanuatu--a rugged cluster of islands where the natives gorge themselves on kava and are still known to \"eat the man.\" Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles against typhoons, earthquakes, and giant centipedes and soon finds himself swept up in the laid-back, clothing-optional lifestyle of the islanders. When Sylvia gets pregnant, they decamp for slightly-more-civilized Fiji, a fallen paradise where the local chiefs can be found watching rugby in the house next door. And as they contend with new parenthood in a country rife with prostitutes and government coups, their son begins to take quite naturally to island living--in complete contrast to his dad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780767921992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2006 pg. 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/24\/2006 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/30\/2006 pg. 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/04\/2006 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"J. Maarten Troost","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51924689027253,"sku":"9780767921992","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_483b950c-decc-4ea5-be26-4811efc9e95e.jpg?v=1761660444","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/getting-stoned-with-savages-a-trip-through-the-islands-of-fiji-and-vanuatu-9780767921992","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}