Euphoria

I really liked this book, while all the while wishing it was double the length, filled with more details, and possibly written by someone like W. Somerset Maugham, just so I could love it more. It's the story of 3 anthropologists, re-imaging the time of Margaret Mead, Reo Fortune and Gregory Bateson in New Guinea in the early 1930ies. Part love story, part anthropology adventures.

The basis is all there - charming interesting characters, united in their passion for anthropology, pulling the reader into their fascination for uncovering unknown cultures... and then there's the jungle and its humidity and bugs and dangers, plus a love triangle to spice it all up. All of these things are great, I just needed more of it. So I would know the characters better and could appreciate all the emotional moments deeper. Hear more of Nell's methods for getting the tribes to trust her, understand more of Fen's charm and jealousy, and spend more time with Bankson despair and longing. Dig deeper into those polyamorous notes that emerged mid-way and then disappeared.