Dash in the blue Pacific : a novel : a guy from Vermont crashes in a tropical paradise ruled by angry gods. Its a long swim home

When Dash's plane crashes in the South Pacific, he is the only survivor. The natives decide to offer him as a human sacrifice to their Volcano God, who cursed them with drought and hardship. Despairing of rescue, Dash reviews his luckless existence, entertained and cheered by a young native girl and a former god, a half-man, half-fish, possibly imaginary creature who calls himself "Willy." The hilarious and "thoroughly entertaining" 2015 International Book Award Finalist about a man whose luck goes from bad to worse . . . and then back to bad ( Foreword Reviews ). Dash is not having a good time. First, he lost his job. Then, his fiancée cheated on him. Then, flying solo on their planned honeymoon to Australia, the plane goes down and Dash is the only survivor. And that's when things start to go bad. When island natives find his battered body, they blame Dash for poisoning their fish with spilled jet fuel. So, they're waiting for him to recover before offering him as a sacrifice to their Volcano God. Dash abandons all hope of rescue—but his new life has its moments. He meets ten-year-old Tiki, daughter of the chief and an innocent who dreams of being "chosen" by the soldiers who occasionally visit their island. And he invents an imaginary half-fish/half-god friend he can talk to. Not that he's crazy—he's just on the way there. But as time passes, Dash comes to understand his captors and even confront his own unhappy past. He suspects that he might not be so unlucky after all, in this surprisingly thoughtful comic adventure written by "a grand comedian" ( Necessary Fiction ). The hilarious and "thoroughly entertaining" 2015 International Book Award Finalist about a man whose luck goes from bad to worse ... and then back to bad (Foreword Reviews). Dash is not having a good time. First, he lost his job. Then, his fiancee cheated on him. Then, flying solo on their planned honeymoon to Australia, the plane goes down and Dash is the only survivor. And that's when things start to go bad. When island natives find his battered body, they blame Dash for poisoning their fish with spilled jet fuel. So, they're waiting for him to recover before offering him as a sacrifice to their Volcano God. Dash abandons all hope of rescue-but his new life has its moments. He meets ten-year-old Tiki, daughter of the chief and an innocent who dreams of being "chosen" by the soldiers who occasionally visit their island. And he invents an imaginary half-fish/half-god friend he can talk to. Not that he's crazy-he's just on the way there. But as time passes, Dash comes to understand his captors and even confront his own unhappy past. He suspects that he might not be so unlucky after all, in this surprisingly thoughtful comic adventure written by "a grand comedian" (Necessary Fiction) Dash does not feel lucky. When his plane crashes in the South Pacific on a honeymoon flight to Sydney, Australia, he is already a broken man, having left his cheating fiancee at home in Vermont. Dash is the crash's only survivor, and the natives who find his battered body blame him for poisoning their fish with spilled jet fuel. Once he has sufficiently recovered, they plan to offer him as a human sacrifice to their Volcano God, who they believe downed his plane and cursed them with drought and hardship. While Dash awaits his fate, he abandons all hope of rescue. But his new life has its moments. He meets ten-year-old Tiki, daughter of the chief and an innocent who dreams of being "chosen" by the soldiers who occasionally visit their island. He also conjures up an imaginary friend, Weeleekonawahulahoopa--Willy, for short. Willy is half-man, half-fish, a sometime god who resigned his lofty status after failing to save his people from drowning. As Dash comes to understand the natives who hold him captive and confront his own unhappy past, he suspects that he might not be so unlucky after all. " Dash does not feel lucky. When his plane crashes in the South Pacific on a honeymoon flight to Sydney, Australia, he is already a broken man, having left his cheating fiancé at home in Vermont. Dash is the crash's only survivor, and the natives who find his battered body blame him for poisoning their fish with spilled jet fuel. Once he has sufficiently recovered, they plan to offer him as a human sacrifice to their Volcano God, who they believe downed his plane and cursed them with drought and hardship. While Dash awaits his fate, he abandons all hope of rescue. But his new life has its moments. He meets ten-year-old Tiki, daughter of the chief and an innocent who dreams of being "chosen" by the soldiers who occasionally visit their island. He also conjures up an imaginary friend, Weeleekonawahulahoopa -- Willy, for short. Willy is half-man, half-fish, a sometime god who resigned his lofty status after failing to save his people from drowning. As Dash comes to understand the natives who hold him captive and confront his own unhappy past, he suspects that he might not be so unlucky after all.