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Where is Joe Merchant? : a novel tale / Jimmy Buffett.

Buffett, Jimmy. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0156026996
  • ISBN: 9780156026994
  • ISBN: 0151962960
  • ISBN: 9780151962969
  • Physical Description: 382 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harcourt Brace Javanovich, 1992.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: I Fly Boats 1 -- Squalls Out on the Gulf Stream -- 1 When My Ship Comes In, I'll Be at the Airport 15 -- 2 See You in C-U-B-A 19 -- 3 Blind Leading the Blind 25 -- 4 Under the Lone Palm 32 -- 5 Let's Blame It All on the Weather 40 -- Doin' the Hemisphere Dance -- 6 That's My Story, and I'm Stickin' to It 49 -- 7 Fins to the Left, Fins to the Right 59 -- 8 Lady I Can't Explain 61 -- 9 Want What You Have 66 -- You Can't Hide Your Mayan Eyes -- 10 Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship 79 -- 11 Fruitcakes in the Galley, Fruitcakes on the Street 84 -- 12 Where Has All the Time Gone? 92 -- Anchovies and Antonyms -- 13 I'll Be Your Pizza Tonight 109 -- 14 You've Got the Wrong Man 111 -- 15 Shelter in the Storm 116 -- Wind Is in from Africa -- 16 Beyond the Low-Water Mark 127 -- 17 Housekeeping 137 -- 18 I'm Clean 140 -- 19 Colonel Cairo 145 -- 20 Who's Eating Who? 150 -- 21 Skating with the Devil 153 -- 22 It's Better in the Bahamas 158 -- 23 Day Cain Slew Abel 163 -- 24 Suntans and Percodans 171 -- Tickets to Ride -- 25 Stand by Your Passenger 179 -- 26 What Has Four Eyes and Two Barrels? 189 -- 27 Ferry of the Dead 191 -- Livin' on Island Time -- 28 Friday Was the Coolest 201 -- 29 No Plane on Sunday 204 -- 30 Paradise Lost 207 -- 31 Tell It Like It Is 212 -- 32 I'm a Mayan 216 -- 33 Raw, Naked Fear 221 -- 34 Bless Me, Father 227 -- Where's the Party? -- 35 It's Time 235 -- 36 We Do Have a History 242 -- 37 I Must Confess, I Could Use Some Rest 248 -- 38 Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect Two Hundred Dollars 253 -- 39 I'd Rather Watch Paint Dry 256 -- 40 No Bird Flies by My Window 265 -- Rolling with the Punches -- 41 Somebody Else's Troubles 271 -- 42 Where Is Joe Merchant? 282 -- 43 Price of Tea in China 292 -- 44 Old Habits Die Hard 294 -- 45 Things We Do for Love 300 -- Beach Music, Beach Music, Beach Music Just Plays On -- 46 Skeleton in the Closet 307 -- 47 Time to Come Home, Cowboy 310 -- 48 Revenge Is a Volatile Fuel 317 -- Quietly Making Noise -- 49 That Time-Bomb Look 323 -- 50 No Ticky, No Laundry, No Mechanics 329 -- 51 Changing Channels 335 -- 52 Blame It on the Stones 343 -- 53 You're a Mayan 346 -- 54 Fly-Boy in the Ointment 354 -- Cabbages and Kings -- 55 Mambo on the Wind 359 -- 56 At Arm's Length 363 -- 57 Jalapeno Hollywood 369 -- 58 Is There Anybody out There? 371 -- 59 Matador in the Broken Mirror 375 -- 60 Feeding Frenzy 378 -- 61 Save the Last Dance for Me 381 -- Commander's Moon -- 62 Que Pasa? 391 -- 63 Propeller Talk 392 -- 64 Quail Talk 397 -- 65 An Appointment with the Moon 399 -- 66 Who Are You? 403 -- 67 Out of the Picture 406 -- 68 Mermaids in the Night 410 -- 69 Bones on the Beach 415 -- Don't Touch That Dial -- 70 Snakes Are Talking 419 -- 71 Back to the Drawing Board 422 -- 72 So You Want to Play Pirate? 426 -- Waiting for the Sails to Fill -- 73 Happily Ever After, Now and Then 439 -- 74 World Is My Oyster 446 -- 75 Changes in Latitudes 446 -- 76 Store in a Cool, Safe Place 450 -- Epilogue: Further Adventures in Restless Behavior 455.
Subject:
Missing persons > Fiction.
Rock musicians > Fiction.
Caribbean Area > Fiction.
Genre:
Humorous fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Musical fiction.

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