false 2383057 1 <div>"If you look at a map, you will see that the island chain known as the Caribbean, or, to confuse you, the West Indies, lies between Florida and South America and resembles a string of gems or possibly drool." And so begins author Gary Buslik's tale of tropical adventure. Each chapter of this often hilarious and sometimes poignant travelogue recounts another island-hopping, culture-clashing crisis that pits the homesick author against falling coconuts, hospitals that remove wrong organs, insects as big and dangerous as stealth bombers, ticket agents that put him on hold for hours, mysteriously calculated currency exchanges, over-proofed rum, livestock, singing Rastafarians, garbage-bin sex, peanut-crazed children, Idi Amin, flesh-eating monkeys, dentists, cricket, steel drum bands, and the French. Fortunately, even when making fun of his West Indian hosts, the curmudgeonly author's essential good nature and devotion to his wife twinkle through, and in the end his stubborn geocentricity gives way to a heartfelt appreciation of his island hosts.</div> 2390069 1 5 2008 A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean: A Grump in Paradise Discovers that Anyplace it's Legal to Carry a Machete is Comedy Just Waiting to Happen (Travelers' Tales) total:14|5:1|4:3|3:4|2:3|1:3| 14 38 26 7 2383057 1932361588 9781932361582 14 7 2.71 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2383057.A_Rotten_Person_Travels_the_Caribbean_A_Grump_in_Paradise_Discovers_that_Anyplace_it_s_Legal_to_Carry_a_Machete_is_Comedy_Just_Waiting_to_Happen 4 0 false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 06 09:46:11 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 15 10:39:29 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 2383057 1932361588 9781932361582 14 7 2.71 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2383057.A_Rotten_Person_Travels_the_Caribbean_A_Grump_in_Paradise_Discovers_that_Anyplace_it_s_Legal_to_Carry_a_Machete_is_Comedy_Just_Waiting_to_Happen 1 0 false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 13:03:18 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 04:37:24 -0800 2009 2383057 1932361588 9781932361582 14 7 2.71 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2383057.A_Rotten_Person_Travels_the_Caribbean_A_Grump_in_Paradise_Discovers_that_Anyplace_it_s_Legal_to_Carry_a_Machete_is_Comedy_Just_Waiting_to_Happen 0 0 false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 13:31:59 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 13:33:56 -0700 2009 2383057 1932361588 9781932361582 14 7 2.71 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2383057.A_Rotten_Person_Travels_the_Caribbean_A_Grump_in_Paradise_Discovers_that_Anyplace_it_s_Legal_to_Carry_a_Machete_is_Comedy_Just_Waiting_to_Happen 2 0 false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 04:30:24 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 10:14:13 -0700 2008
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