false 1975116 8 <p>Maarten Troost has charmed and entertained thousands of readers with his tales of wandering among the remote islands of the South Pacific. When the travel bug hit again, he decided to go big&#8211;time, taking on the world&#8217;s most populous and intriguing nation. In <i>Lost on Planet China</i>, Troost escorts readers on a rollicking journey through the new beating heart of the modern world, from the megalopolises of Beijing and Shanghai to the Gobi desert and the hinterlands of Tibet. <br><br>With his trademark edge and self-deprecating wit, Troost deciphers restaurant menus (offering delicacies such as garlic cattle penis); visits with Chairman Mao (still dead, very orange); and hikes (with 80,000 other people) up Tai Shan, China&#8217;s most revered mountain. He learns to &#8220;fish for tigers&#8221; by dangling live chickens over Siberian tigers gathered in a pit below; studies Mandarin with a woman who may or may not be a &#8220;take-out girl;&#8221; and experiences the booming Chinese economy through its belching industrial towns&#8212;before North Korean border guards send him packing for home. <br><br><i>Lost on Planet China </i>brings China to life as you've never seen it before, brilliantly confirming Troost&#8217;s status as the Bill Bryson of a new generation.</p> 1978408 8 7 2008 Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid total:668|5:145|4:306|3:168|2:42|1:7| 668 2544 1322 253 5 6 true false Tue Aug 12 12:23:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 13:42:14 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 12:23:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 5 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 07:23:53 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 06:25:29 -0700 2008 Sex Lives of Cannibals and Getting Stoned with Savages are. And since Lost on Planet China was in hardcover on the Barnes and Noble shelves--and since booksellers can borrow ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Feb 21 18:14:32 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 18:19:39 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 02 21:26:23 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 26 23:27:22 -0700 2009 Once
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There's a lot of good information contained in this book, which I was looking for, since I don't know much at all about China. A c...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 08:57:22 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 05:33:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 12:36:30 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 12:36:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 07:21:17 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 07:23:26 -0700 2009
Lost on Planet China
Author - J. Maarten Troost
Reader – Simon Vance

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ISBN # 9871433248641 ISBN # 9870767922005
Bib # 1167945 Bib # 1165017

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That aside, much ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 15:56:14 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 16:03:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jul 18 09:07:17 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 08:39:11 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 09:07:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 19:35:05 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 19:27:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Oct 14 16:48:53 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 16:54:08 -0700 2008 The Sex Lives of Cannibals, but I must wait longer. He does show some of the same comic, insightful flashes I have come to expect -- but he does not sustain it throughout the book. In any case, this disjointed travelogue of...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 29 04:25:03 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 04:39:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 10:52:12 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 10:48:21 -0800 2008 1 Sex Lives of Cannibals. First off, I don't like that he left his family, including two small children, to go travel China for months. Book deal or no, he's likely to regret that choice. He didn't like China from the beginni...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 08:21:20 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 08:24:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 10:07:31 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 14:05:27 -0700 2009
A little over half done and the baffled, amazed, fish out of water schtick is getting a l...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 13:30:43 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 16:32:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 24 17:26:47 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 17:27:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 17:47:33 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 17:56:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1975116