The Sex Lives of Cannibals

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THE SEX LIVES OF CANNIBALS. Copyright © 2004 by J. Maarten Troost.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Troost, J. Maarten.

The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the Equatorial Pacific / J. Maarten Troost.—1st ed.

p. cm.

1. Ethnology—Kiribati—Tarawa Atoll.

2. Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati)—Social life and customs.

3. Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati)—Description and travel.

4. Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati)—Humor.

I. Title.

GN671.K57T76 2004

306'.099681—dc22

2004040768

eISBN: 978-0-7679-1895-4

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