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J Maarten Troost

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Born of Czech and Dutch parents, J. Maarten Troost was educated in the US and Canada and holds degrees in International Relations from Boston University and George Washington University. He spent two years in Kiribati in the Equatorial Pacific and upon his return was hired as a consultant by the World Bank. He currently lives in California with his wife and son.

Books by J Maarten Troost

Headhunters on My Doorstep

Troost's debut, THE SEX LIVES OF CANNIBALS, an enduring favorite travel narrative about his time as a young man living in the South Seas, charmed readers and critics alike with his wry, laugh-out-loud funny, and candid take on the adventure memoir. In HEADHUNTERS ON MY DOORSTEP, Troost returns to the South Pacific ten years later, now married to his sweetheart and father of two young boys, having endured a struggle with alcohol that landed him in rehab. This is what happens to authors who title their second book GETTING STONED WITH SAVAGES. Do not trifle with karma, people. Feeling lost and bewildered, he decides to retreat to the islands and retrace the path once traveled by Robert Louis Stevenson, following the author of TREASURE ISLAND to the Marquesas, the Tuamotus, Tahiti, Kiribati, and Samoa, illuminating a world that few of us will see firsthand with historical and literary observations--and his characteristic irreverent and self-deprecating wit. Somewhere between the bizarre realities of the present-day South Seas and his exploration of the islands as RLS saw them, Troost gradually re-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. HEADHUNTERS ON MY DOORSTEP is a funny yet poignant account of one man's journey to find himself that will captivate travel-writing aficionados, Robert Louis Stevenson fans, and anyone who has ever lost his way.

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The Sex Lives Of Cannibals

A hilarious haphazard odyssey to one of the Worst Places on Earthâ„¢

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Getting Stoned with Savages

On the heels of his bestselling Sex Lives of Cannibals, the sharply observed, hilarious account of the author's return to the South Pacific, where he attempts to establish himself on the remote islands of Fiji and Vanuatu with his wife and baby.

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