Island Reading

prthdpat · Post by **prthdpat** » December 23, 2003 12:36 pm

What is the best non-Buffett-authored book that takes you off to Margaritaville every time you read it? I'll start: Gumbo Limbo by Tom Corcoran.

sd parrot head · Post by **sd parrot head** » December 23, 2003 1:09 pm

Don't Stop The Carnival

fins26 · Post by **fins26** » December 23, 2003 1:49 pm

"the old man and the sea"....that hemingway guy

12 lb. nestle crunch · December 23, 2003 4:45 pm

The Rum Diary... by Hunter S. Thompson

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » December 23, 2003 4:48 pm

12 lb. nestle crunch wrote:The Rum Diary... by Hunter S. Thompson

OOH WHAT'S THAT ABOUT? I'm reading Fear & Lothing in Las Vegas right now!

12 lb. nestle crunch · December 23, 2003 4:52 pm

MelliJellyBean wrote:
12 lb. nestle crunch wrote:The Rum Diary... by Hunter S. Thompson
OOH WHAT'S THAT ABOUT? I'm reading Fear & Lothing in Las Vegas right now!

a new york journalist who moves to cuba and experiences EVERYTHING. its very intense, but i dont want to give away too many details

Lundah · Post by **Lundah** » December 23, 2003 6:07 pm

Clive Cussler, any of his "Dirk Pitt" series of books, to be precise. Kind of like "Where is Joe Merchant" meets Tom Clancy; Dirk is a bit Frank Bama, a bit Jack Ryan.
I'll second the vote for Hemingway; "Old Man and the Sea" as well as "To Have and To Have Not"

Parrotthed · Post by **Parrotthed** » December 27, 2003 4:00 pm

I agree with some of the previous choices: Corcoran's "Gumbo Limbo," and Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not" and "The Old Man and the Sea."
I also would add John Hersey's "Key West Tales," an odd collection of short stories about Cayo Hueso from the days of Asa Tift and other wreckers right through to a scene at Fantasy Fest, and also June Keith's "Postcards from Paradise," a collection of some of her columns for the Miami Herald about life in Key West.
By the way, Keith used to be a waitress at Schooner Wharf (and still may be)....

capnrick · Post by **capnrick** » December 30, 2003 5:57 pm

Any Carl Hiassen fans out there?

absolutely hilarious and very readible. South Florida climate, convicts, ex governors with a penchant for road kill, developers, dopers, newspaper reporters, you name it! and all with a sweet and sour double shot of cocoa butter and sweet revenge.

Capn Rick
s/v Cavale
on a literary bent, with the sails in the attic till spring.