powellm

Troost's book is ambling, rambling, and delightful. Mostly, Troost focuses on the inanity of the situation he finds himself in as the aimless attachment of his "beguiling girlfriend" on a Pacific island that blows away almost of all hazy, childhood, move-inspired preconceptions of life and people on a Pacific island. Troost doesn't delve much into the culture of the I-Kiribati but more into the culture of a foreigner living on the island. I would think many Americans who have traveled abroad for any length of time can relate to some of the culture, lifestyle, and place shock Troost writes about. Though we may not be able to express it in such a hilarious, mad-cap fashion. I did find it refreshing when Troost, in an excellent sardonic way, blasts the various ills that the Pacific nation suffered under: namely, exploitation from multiple foreign powers, rampant governmental corruption, and decimation of island habitats by world powers playing with nuclear power. Troost's book is unabashed and honest...and darn funny.

2022-11-14 17:56