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| Original Title: | A Salty Piece of Land |
| ISBN: | 031601429X (ISBN13: 9780316014298) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Jimmy Buffett
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 510 pages Rating: 3.69 | 5347 Users | 619 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Salty Piece of Land |
| Author | : | Jimmy Buffett |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 510 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2006 by Little Brown and Company (first published January 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Humor. Travel |
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#1 bestselling author Jimmy Buffett is back at last with his first new novel in a decade!It's not on any chart, but the tropical island of Cayo Loco is the perfect place to run away from all your problems. If you're looking for a license to chill, come along as cowboy Tully Mars takes his pony to the shore-on an unforgettable Caribbean adventure as colorful and wonderfully bizarre as cocktail hour at your favorite expatriate bar.
From a lovely sunset sail in Punta Margarita to a wild spring-break foam party in San Pedro, Tully encounters an assortment of treasure hunters, rock stars, sailors, seaplane pilots, pirates, and even a ghost or two.
Waking from a ganja buzz on the beach in Tulum, Tully can't believe his eyes when a 142-foot schooner emerges out of the ocean mist. At its helm is Cleopatra Highbourne, the eccentric 102-year-old sea captain who will take him to a lighthouse on a salty piece of land that will change his life forever.
Once again, master storyteller Jimmy Buffett weaves a mesmerizing tale that combines both humor and emotional reflection. After all, one man's cathedral is another man's fishing hole. And in Jimmy Buffett's world, paradise is just a state of mind.
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Ratings: 3.69 From 5347 Users | 619 ReviewsCommentary Regarding Books A Salty Piece of Land
Best book I ever read! although I have a bias as a huge Jimmy Buffett fan, aside from that, this book was so easy to read. It was so smooth and the adventure never ended. It was never boring and everything flowed right along until the very end. Characters were so imaginative and believable and the writing and narrative was excellent. There are so many memborable quotes and side stories, this book should be required reading for everyone seeking an escape from dull life into remarkable journey,I think all the positive reviews are from parrot heads that want to like this book. It is an adventure to nowhere. The book is an array of characters with strange names that always have incredible back stories (which bog down the book with useless information). Characters like Cleopatra Highbourne (a 101 year old schooner sailor), Thelma Barson (a poodle ranch owner) and Sammy Raye Coconuts (a gay millionaire that rides in a hot pink airplane).You realize that Jimmy Buffet has lost touch with
I wanted to like this book. I really, really did. But it just dragged and I didn't really get into it. I don't know if it's just Buffet's style--he uses A LOT of expository--and I thought the way things were set up was a little misleading. When I first started reading, I thought this book was going to be about fixing up the lighthouse. I was disappointed to realize it wasn't and that it was all a bunch of back story about how Tully got to the islands. There were some parts that were more
everyone's submissions are far too serious and overly reflective for me. so, this is my attempt to rebel. jimmy buffett: drunken debauchery, cheeseburgers and flip flops flood your thoughts, yes? preposterous to *actually* consider the jimbo a bona fide author. he's no vonnegut. twain does circles around him i'm sure. but i challenge you to read his lyrics. what's more, open up this book. it's not a masterpiece. rather, it documents the life of a wayward wanna be cowboy-sailor. who cares right?
This book rambles on and on and on......I almost abandoned it several times. The first few chapters and the last 1/4 of the book were very good but the middle half to 3/4 of the book needed to be severly condensed. A better idea for this rambling story would have been to make A Salty Piece of Land into 3 or 4 books, with one book being about Cleopatra Highbourne (a fascinating character). The remainder of A Salty Piece of Land could be divided into 2 or 3 stories about the antics of Tully Mars.
I absolutely loved this story. I am a traveller as well and I would love to have the experiences that Tully has in this book. It was an amazing read and I hope everyone takes the time out to check it out. Up next on Reading Rainbow...
The same airy feel as any Buffett book. There is always a good long get to know ya with the charactors, but they are generally charactors you like so no harm in that.
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