Euphoria-An Anthropologist's Reverie-A MUST Read

Euphoria, by Amer. writer Lily King is a must read.  It's the unadulterated joy of discovery, exploration & connection.  Lily King has received the Whiting Writer's Award for her adroit skill at story telling.  EUPHORIA sweeps you along on groundbreaking (& heartbreaking) expeditions with 3 British anthropologists at the turn of the 20thC.  They are among the 1st westerners to visit & study several fictitious tribes in New Guinea.  Andrew Bankson was on a solo expedition exploring when his path merged with fellow anthropologists Fen & Nell.  Fen tells Andrew "Nothing in the primitive world shocks me…cannibalism, infanticide, raids, mutilations - it's all nearly reasonable…I've always been able to see the savageness beneath the veneer of society."  Euphoria refers to the mutual emotional responses felt upon garnering a new revelation or relationship amongst the natives.  The tribal customs are no less exhilarating for the reader.   This amazing & philosophical novel reveal profound epiphanies  regarding cultural developments.  "Civilization's lack of understanding of other people's customs tends to be the causes of the world's greatest & gravest social problems."  The elegaic writing belies Nell's affirmation that language actually interferes with communication.  Once comprehension comes, so much else falls away.  You then rely on words, and words aren't always the most reliable thing."  EUPHORIA is a delirious discovery; a novel well worth uncovering.