Tales from Margaritaville

Book by Jimmy Buffett

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Tales from Margaritaville

First edition cover

Author| Jimmy Buffett
Genre| Short story collection
Publisher| Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Publication date

| September 1, 1989

Tales from Margaritaville is a 1989 short story collection by American singer Jimmy Buffett.The book is broken up into an introduction and three sections, each containing several short stories.

An Introduction: Changes in Latitude contains "Walkabout" and "Where is Margaritaville?", the later designed to answer a question Buffett says that he is frequently asked.

The Heat Wave Chronicles contains six short stories, all based in the mythical town of Heat Wave, Alabama, on the also mythical island of Snake Bite Key. "Take Another Road", "Off to See the Lizard", "Boomerang Love", "The Swamp Creature Let One In", "The Pascagoula Run", and "I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever" comprise the Heat Wave Chronicles. Five of these short stories are also song titles on Buffett's Off to See the Lizard album.

Margaritian Madness contains "You Can't Take It With You" and "Are You Ready for Freddy?"

Son of a Son of a Sailor contains the stories "Hooked in the Heart", "Life in the Food Chain", "A Gift for the Buccaneer", and "Sometimes I Feel like a Rudderless Child".

## Reception

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Tales from Margaritaville sold over 120,000 copies and made its way onto the New York Times Best Seller list, where it stayed for seven months.[1][2] Kirkus Reviews described the collection as "mainly good-natured paeans to sailing, hedonism, and memorable acquaintances."[3]

## References

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1. ^ Harrington, Richard (December 17, 1989). "JIMMY BUFFET: OH, THE STORIES HE CAN TELL". Washington Post. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
2. ^ Clavin, Thomas (October 4, 1992). "Beyond 'Margaritaville,' A Jimmy Buffett Novel". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
3. ^ "ALES FROM MARGARITAVILLE: Fictional Facts and Factional Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. August 15, 1989. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

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* Down to Earth
* High Cumberland Jubilee
* A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
* Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
* A1A
* Havana Daydreamin'
* Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
* Son of a Son of a Sailor
* Volcano
* Coconut Telegraph
* Somewhere over China
* One Particular Harbour
* Riddles in the Sand
* Last Mango in Paris
* Floridays
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* Off to See the Lizard
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Soundtrack, Christmas,
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* Rancho Deluxe soundtrack
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Songs|

* "Margaritaville"
* "Come Monday"
* "A Pirate Looks at Forty"
* "Volcano"
* "Fins"
* "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
* "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere"
* "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
* "One Particular Harbour"
* "Why Don't We Get Drunk"
* "Southern Cross"
* "Brown Eyed Girl"
* "Son of a Son of a Sailor"
* "God's Own Drunk"
* "Pencil Thin Mustache"
* "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit"
* "Boat Drinks"
* "Gypsies in the Palace"
* "Jamaica Mistaica"
* "He Went to Paris"
* "Knee Deep"
* "The Great Filling Station Holdup"
* "Hey, Good Lookin'"
* "Surfing in a Hurricane"
* "Trip Around the Sun"
* "Math Suks"
* "Same Boat"

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* Live by the Bay
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Books|

* The Jolly Mon
* Tales from Margaritaville
* Where Is Joe Merchant? A Novel Tale
* A Pirate Looks at Fifty
* A Salty Piece of Land

Commercial endeavors|

* Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville
* Margaritaville merchandising
* Mailboat Records
* Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant
* Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant
* Land Shark Lager

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* Jimmy Buffett discography
* Radio Margaritaville
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* Save the Manatee Club
* Tonsil Trouble
* "Margaritaville" (South Park)
* Escape to Margaritaville

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