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Laddar... Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story by Troost, J. Maarten (2013) Hardcover (2013)
VerksinformationHeadhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story av J. Maarten Troost (2013)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. This is not a fun book like all of the author’s books from Oceania—you will learn he’s sadly and desperately recovering from alcoholism, which isn’t much of a surprise if you read his prior books. So trigger warning. He takes a solo trip to follow Robert Louis Stevenson’s travels to his final resting place in Samoa, with stops in Kiribati and islands in Micronesia. Having listened to his other books, this is a sharp departure from his fun-loving days in Kiribati, Vanuatu, and Fiji. But it’s still him doing half-witted things like a very short swim with sharks. His candor and insight are appreciated. It’s a well-written book. By the way, if you haven’t guessed by now, the titles of his books are only very remotely related to the substance of his books, here even less so. I hope his recovery continues. This is the fourth book in the travelogues by J. Maarten Troost, better known for his hilarious "The Sex Lives of Cannibals." Like his other books, "Headhunters" details his explorations and witty observations on life in the South Pacific, this time specifically following the trail that Robert Louis Stevenson laid out in his own voyages in the South Seas well over a century earlier. Whereas the other books are erudite and witty travelogues, worth it for their entertainment value, "Headhunters" has that as well as the author's reflections on his own struggles with addiction, in a way that manages to be entertaining, insightful, and well-woven into the fabric of the travelogue. This is my favorite book by J. Maarten Troost so far, because of having all the same tongue-in-cheek humor as his other books and also being more revealing of his own struggles and insights arising from them. Travel/memoir. (read only to p.190) Recovering alcoholic recuperates on isolated Pacific islands, following the footsteps of RLS. Takes a while to get into this, and then just meanders, but I don't mind Troost's style and find his observations interesting enough. I would've stuck with it if only I didn't have all these other books (with waitlists) from the library to finish. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
This book chronicles the author's return to the South Pacific after his struggle with alcoholism and time in rehab left him numb to life. He is now married to his sweetheart and father of two young boys. Deciding to retrace the path once traveled by the author of Treasure Island, he follows Robert Louis Stevenson to the Marquesas, the Tuamotus, Tahiti, the Gilberts, and Samoa, tumbling from one comic misadventure to another as he confronts his newfound sobriety. Somewhere en route from the shark-infested waters of Fakarava to the remote islands of Kiribati, he gradually awakens to the beauty of life, managing an honest look at addiction and human nature, without self-pity and without ever losing his sense of humor. He is able to reconnect with his family and the world. This is a funny yet poignant account of one man's journey to find himself. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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