"Coconut Radio."
The sixth of six brief newspaper "Tales of Tahiti." Various British guests at a dinner party in Tahiti consume exotic food and drink, one being accompanied by his vahini (native mistress) -- a blank-eyed and unsmiling older woman drinking gin, another arriving with his new vahini -- a beautiful, smiling girl of fourteen or fifteen. In the Evening Standard (October 22, 1955), The Wedding Party (1965), Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree & Other Stories (1989).
ID:
b220
Title:
"Coconut Radio."
Genre:
Story
Page Count:
7
Word Count:
ca. 1650
Publisher:
Evening Standard
Year of Publication:
1955
Topic:
Expatriates
Tahiti