Partners West Books Getting Stoned With Savages

Paperback 256pp 
Broadway Books | June, 2006 

Reveals Troost’s 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