This comic utopian novel is set in Pala, a tropical island in Southeast Asia inhabited by a group of Western exiles dedicated to the contemplative life. When Will Farnaby, an English journalist, comes to Pala, it is with the intention of securing oil leases for his publisher there. However, after trying some of the hallucinogenic mushrooms that grow wild on Pala, he becomes converted to its way of life and decides to stay there.
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