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Headhunters On My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story (2013)

by J. Maarten Troost(Favorite Author)

3.3 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1592407897 (ISBN13: 9781592407897)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Gotham

review 1: An interesting look at Robert Louis Stevenson's travels in the South Pacific, this book also chronicles the author's trip that follows in Stevenson's footsteps. Troost is an honest and forthright author who does not try to make himself look perfect, a quality that I appreciate in an author. He is upfront about his alcoholism and recovery and the difficulties therein, a situation of which I have firsthand knowledge, as an ex-wife of an alcoholic. I appreciate that he discusses his disease right along with the things that are happening to him along his journey, and also that he has a sense of humor that helps him get through everything. His manner, personality, and writing style make the book honest and very interesting, and also shed light onto a part of the world that is ... moreall too often forgotten. I hope Troost continues to travel and to write.
review 2: This was a very entertaining listen - Simon Vance is one of my Very Favorite Narrators (and he doesn't look a THING like I pictured him!) and he does a stellar job reading this story - why even the extensive F-bombs were charming when read by Simon Vance! But overall, a story that had me giggling in parts as the author shares a great deal about his struggle with alcoholism (told in a humorous and relateable manner) and his travels in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson to the South Seas. Recommended. less

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