Pass the Butterworms: Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered

In Pass the Butterworms, Cahill takes us to the steppes of Mongolia, where he spends weeks on horseback alongside the descendants of Genghis Khan and masters the "Mongolian death trot"; to the North Pole, where he goes for a pleasure dip in the 36-degree water; to Irian Jaya New Guinea, where he spends a companionable evening with members of one of the last head-hunting tribes. Whether observing family values among the Stone Age Dani people, or sampling delicacies like saut ed sago beetle and premasticated manioc beer, Cahill is a fount of arcane information and a master of self-deprecating humor.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/31/1998
ISBN: 9780375701115
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.25w x 0.71d

Review Citations: New York Times 05/03/1998 pg. 32