Called a "fascinating and forthright story," Solomon Boy recounts the author"s stay in a rural village in the Solomon Islands. Come with him as he learns to pluck a chicken, eats bat meat and rhinoceros beetle legs (well, just one), digs for megapode eggs, explores jungle caves, gets ants in his pants, battles malaria, and relaxes with the people after a hot day and talks about all of the juicy gossip overheard at the water tap.