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378 ratings, 3.85 average rating, 43 reviews
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published
July 5th 1993
by Fawcett
binding
Mass Market Paperback, 256 pages
isbn
0449222489
(isbn13: 9780449222485)
description
"Entertaining...The whole volume is a tribue to Buffett's storytelling skills and his essentially sunny, manana-influenced worldview."
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Read in September, 2008
I loved this book. It's a quick read, doesn't require much thinking, but inspires a lot of wanderlust dreams... There are no brilliant prose, but it takes you away to the sea and the sun!
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Read in March, 2008
Reissued in 2002, I found this on the paperback table at the bookstore in Kihei, desparate for more reading material as the two books I took to Maui were quickly devoured. Buffett wrote these stories before his novels. The quintessential beach read. It's about the beach, the sea, sailing, drinking, and carousing. Great short stories. I especially enjoyed the upbeat nature of the book. The stories were about people realizing their dreams, and just that. No morality tale of being careful for what ...more
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Read in November, 2008
I have read this book once or twice before but every time I read it I'm ready to go walkabout. It is a fun read.
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Read in January, 2003
ahh...one of my favorites! Easy read..takes you quickly away to paradise.
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Read in June, 2008
6/11 - While I'm on my Buffett kick, figure I might as well read this one that's been on my shelf for a while. I have a feeling it's going to make me desire the Buffett lifestyle even more... I may have to put it down based on my incessant want and need to travel the world with the one, the only, Jimmy Buffett.
......At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder, what would Jimmy Buffett do???????........
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6/19/08... perfect book to read while laying out by the p...more
......At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder, what would Jimmy Buffett do???????........
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6/19/08... perfect book to read while laying out by the p...more
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Read in January, 1989
recommends it for:
Jimmy Buffett Fans
A collection of short stories. I enjoyed this book, but then I also enjoyed the CD upon which many of the stories was based - Off To See The Lizard. It was not his best CD, but it certainly wasn't his worst, either. Some of the stories are related and have the same characters, some are one-time stories with no other connection. An interesting forray into the interesting characters that occupy JB's creative thoughts. Take Another Road was my favorite of the all. Good beach read. Pass the b...more
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Read in May, 2002
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People who don't like Jimmy Buffet
He may be the world's most successful bad musician and purveyor of overpriced cheeseburgers and watered-down cocktails, but believe it or not the man can write a great short story. Yeah, I know, I didn't want to believe it either until a friend practically held me down and forced me to read this. Give it a try the next time you're on an airplane or in rehab or something, it might surprise you...
Read in January, 2004
Yeah that's right....I'm a Parrothead...so what??!! LOL!
The book is much like Jimmy's songs....a lot of light fun-ness.
Perfect for reading on a beach, on vacation, in the backyard wishing you were at a beach, you get the idea.
Sing it with me now......"I blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a pop top, cut my heel had to cruise on back home....."
The book is much like Jimmy's songs....a lot of light fun-ness.
Perfect for reading on a beach, on vacation, in the backyard wishing you were at a beach, you get the idea.
Sing it with me now......"I blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a pop top, cut my heel had to cruise on back home....."
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Read in June, 2007
recommends it for:
Students out of school for the summer
This book is just easy to read. Jimmy Buffett really writes some great, fun stories that just put you in a good mood. I would recommend this as a summer read when you don't wanna read something that you have to really focus on. It's great for lying on the beach or sitting out by the pool, and I think Jimmy would have wanted it that way.
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This book is one of my favorites. Buffett is an amazing storyteller and these are great short stories. The one about Gregorio Fuentes (the real old man from Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea) is really beautiful. All of them are great stories! I've reread this so many times and still never get tired of going there.
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I am a Buffet fan, but I had a difficult time even finishing this book. It started out great with the adventures of cowboy Tully Mars and his horse, but then loses focus and ends up with too many short cut up stories. I recommend passing this one up for some of his other work.
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Read in January, 2007
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Kevin
I last read some of the short stories out loud to Kevin while we were on vacation in Sweden. I think I've read this about 10 times- usually over a summer holiday. The characters are good spirited and eccentric- the kind of people you'd be lucky to come across in your travels.
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Read in November, 2007
recommends it for:
Anyone who enjoys short stories
Great book. Wonderful short stories. This is a perfect book for a vacation or a busy person. Easy fun reading and it is easy to find a good stopping point to put down for a while. Short stories are fun to read and make you want to go to the beach.
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A friend of mine suggested I read his copy of this while we were heading back from Rocky Point, Mexico. I finished it by the time we got back to Phoenix. It was my first intro into Buffett's fiction and I loved it.
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Who knew?
He's one heck of a story teller! Thoughtful, insightful. Characters you want to meet. And the best snarks in the business.
Best read with 'Off to See the Lizard' playing in the background.
He's one heck of a story teller! Thoughtful, insightful. Characters you want to meet. And the best snarks in the business.
Best read with 'Off to See the Lizard' playing in the background.
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Easily my favorite of Jimmy's adult "literature". Give it a try if you think he can't possibly do anything other than make reasonable people dress funny and drink too much.
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One of my all time favorites. It's a light read and a great escape. I've given away several copies of this book and will continue to share it with friends in the future.
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I worship at the altar of "St Jimmy the Divine Parrothead"! Love, love, love this book! His first (I believe), and still the best, as far as I'm concerned.
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I love this book. I got it in college and like to have with me. The stories are like friends that I take along. Even when it doesn't go with me the stories do.
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Read in May, 2005
Well, as much as I love Jimmy's lyrical prose, I just wasn't that into these short stories. Guess I'll just stick with the tunes & the boat drinks!
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