num_pages: 240
description: Eric 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.
language: English
title: The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer: Close Encounters with Strangers
titlecomplete: The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer: Close Encounters with Strangers
genres: Anthropology, Adventure, Asia, Nature, Memoir, Nonfiction, Humor, Essays, The World, Travel
ratings_count: 661
publisher: Vintage