The Sex Lives of Cannibals
About twenty people have told me to read this book, and well, just started it, and I think they're all correct. Here's a quote where he describes where he's going.
"To picture Kiribati, imagine that the continental U.S. were to conveniantly disappear leaving only Baltimore and a vast swath of very blue ocean in its place. Now chop up Baltimore into 33 pieces, place a neughborhood where Maine used to be, another where California once was, and so on until you have 33 pieces of Baltimore dispersed in such a way as to ensure that 32/33 of
Baltimorians will never attend an Orioles game. Now take away electricity, running water, toilets, television, restaurants and airplanes. Replace with thatch. Flatten all land into a uniform two feet above sea level. Toy with island by melting polar ice caps. Add palm trees. Sprinkle with hepatitis A, B, and C. Stir in dengue fever and intestinal parasites. Take away doctors. Isolate and bake at a constant temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The result is the republic of Kiribati."
"To picture Kiribati, imagine that the continental U.S. were to conveniantly disappear leaving only Baltimore and a vast swath of very blue ocean in its place. Now chop up Baltimore into 33 pieces, place a neughborhood where Maine used to be, another where California once was, and so on until you have 33 pieces of Baltimore dispersed in such a way as to ensure that 32/33 of
Baltimorians will never attend an Orioles game. Now take away electricity, running water, toilets, television, restaurants and airplanes. Replace with thatch. Flatten all land into a uniform two feet above sea level. Toy with island by melting polar ice caps. Add palm trees. Sprinkle with hepatitis A, B, and C. Stir in dengue fever and intestinal parasites. Take away doctors. Isolate and bake at a constant temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The result is the republic of Kiribati."
posted by chuckdaddy2000 at 9:32 pm
4 Comments:
Finally you start listening to your wife...
Great book, especially for those who have done some traveling in places where water and electricity have a mind of their own and local customs definitely need to remain local...
Best book I've ever read about Kiribati.
Just finished it. Great Great book. Would recommend it to anyone.
He's coming to Powell's on the 20th.
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