Haffer, Richard Gustaf

This novel takes place on the island bay where I lived for several months back in the '80s. Sadly, for the simple life and the simple traveler, it was the end of an era. I was among the last on this island who would live in dollar a night bungalows, buying dinner from dirt street peddlers, or getting fish fresh from boats just returning home. Within months an airport would open jetting in planeloads of three and four day tourists with Samsonite luggage on wheels and cash to spend. The island burst forth on commercial steroids destroying all the old bungalows and 'ma&pa' restaurants to make roo...