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A Salty Piece of Land
by: Jimmy Buffett

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Binding: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Amazon Remainders Account
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: November 30, 2004
Publisher: Amazon Remainders Account
Sales Rank: 507583
Studio: Amazon Remainders Account

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If Tully Mars had known what he had gotten himself into when he agreed to help find the lost lens belonging to the lighthouse on Cayo Loco-well, he might never had agreed to help in the first place. Then again, maybe he would just have taken a slightly longer nap before setting off on his wild adventure. And it isn't just Tully-who Buffett fans will remember well from Jimmy's bestselling Tales from Margaritaville-on the madcap quest. There's Ix-Nay, an Indian shaman with a dislike of the media; Mr. Twain, Tully's loyal steed; Cleopatra Highbourne, the 102-year-old owner of Cayo Loco and Cuban baseball addict; Captain Kirk, fishing trip leader and boatman extraordinaire; former country music star Sean Spurl-AKA Tex Sex; Bucky Norman, a Wyoming cowboy who has found his way to the ocean; and even a fellow named Jimmy Buffett, who decides he might as well join in on the party. Raucous, funny, and wise with the world's strangeness, A SALTY PIECE OF LAND is the best and bestselling novel yet from one of America's most beloved storytellers.

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- Not a cheeseburger in paradise.....
Tully Mars continues his adventures in Jimmy Buffet's tale A Salty Piece of Land. First, I would like to say that I'm a pretty serious Parrot Head, so my expectations were high for this book. When we first met Tully in Tales From Margarittaville, he was heading for the beaches of Alabama to eventually set sail into the Gulf Stream Breeze.

Buffet's writing style is one I enjoy, but this book didn't have the ebb and flow of a well thought out work. Tully finds himself getting high, reveling in sexual debachary and still running from his former employeer.

Mar's friends and newest employeers are interesting characters, but there is a certain lack of depth to each that would have made the story better.

If you are interested in just getting away for a while, then this book will allow you to grow a pencil thin mustache and offer a change in attitude.

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- One of the most pleasurable reads
This was one of the most pleasurable reads for me, and I read about a book per week, so that's saying a lot. Maybe it's because it combines my own loves of flying, sailing, and adventure. The character is pretty much Jimmy himself in a fictional tale. I'm reading it again (something I seldom do) right now and am enjoying it just as much.

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- A Salty Piece of S**T
Oh man. Where do I start? I bought this book for two bucks at a moving sale. I'd like to get my money back but the homeowner has moved. I've got a team of private investigators trying to find him for me. Two bucks is two bucks. If you're looking for a way to kill some time, stare at your feet, go out and watch the grass grow or find somewhere to watch paint dry. Do anything but read this book. I love Buffet's music. Have for years. Can he write? Yes he can. Can he build a cohesive, believable story? Nuh uh. No way. I'm sorry to say this but I think that a special education ten-year-old on a margarita binge could do a better job of that. Before reading this book you don't just need to suspend your disbelief. You need to have it hacked right out of your brain with a scalpel. Or maybe a chain saw. At one point in the "story" one of the characters writes a letter. The letter, printed in its entirety, spans more than fifty ... Read More

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- A Wake from the Light
Many years ago I was standing on a boardwalk in San Diego adjacent to an open air cantina. Sitting under a thatched umbrella was a party of fun enjoyers. They had multi-colored drinks topped with paper parasols and chunks of fruit. Here's what caught my attention: they were laughing; they were carrying on, they were zestfully loud; they were probably drunk. I was sober; and, as a non-drinker, always had been. But in my youthful interpretation of their revelry, I vowed to become a drinker by my middle years. I wanted to be those guys. I wanted to sit with a bunch of buddies and swap great stories. I wanted to laugh, DAGNABIT! Well exactly one Bartles & Jaymes and one headache and absolutely no feeling good later, my grand drinking schemes self-liquidated. What a light weight I am! And that was a few years back, then. Fast forward to now - my dream has been realized. Reading Buffet's (Jimmy, not Warren) book [no ... Read More

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