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**Follow in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson with J. Maarten Troost, the bestselling author of *The Sex Lives of Cannibals*.** Readers and critics alike adore J. Maarten Troost for his signature wry and witty take on the adventure memoir. *Headhunters on My Doorstep* chronicles Troost’s return to the South Pacific after his struggle with alcoholism left him numb to life. Deciding to retrace the path once traveled by the author of *Treasure Island*, Troost follows Robert Louis Stevenson to the Marquesas, the Tuamotus, Tahiti, Kiribati, and Samoa, tumbling from one comic misadventure to another. *Headhunters on My Doorstep* is a funny yet poignant account of one man’s journey to find himself that will captivate travel writing aficionados, Robert Louis Stevenson fans, and anyone who has ever lost his way.