Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1. An Eccentric Longing Chapter 2. Thoroughly Modern Kragur Chapter 3. Hot Times on Kairiru Island Chapter 4. Wu Wei Wu Chapter 5. Is Kragur Poor? Chapter 6. Ancestors on Paper Chapter 7. Meetings and Magic Chapter 8. Preferential Ballots and Primeval Brothers Chapter 9. A Clean Election and Its Messy Aftermath Chapter 10. Life Goes On Chapter 11. God the Father, the Son, His Mother, and the Holy Spirit Chapter 12. No Two Ways about It Chapter 13. The Long Good-bye Chapter 14. One More Look Appendix Tok Pisin and Tok Pisin Pronunciation Notes References Index About the Author