The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer: Close Encounters with StrangersEric Hansen survives a cyclone on a boat off the Australian coast, cradles a dying man in Calcutta, and drinks mind-altering kava in Vanuatu. He helps a widower search for his wife's wedding ring amid plane-crash wreckage in Borneo and accompanies topless dancers on a bird-watching expedition in California. From the Maldives to Sacramento, from Cannes to Washington Heights, Eric Hansen has a way of getting himself into the most sacred ceremonies and the most candid conversations. |
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Arlette and Madame Perruche | 3 |
Life at the Grand Hotel II | 11 |
Listening to the Kava | 47 |
Copyright | |
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