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Editorial Review:
Where is Joe Merchant? That's what his sister, Trevor Kane, the hemorrhoid-ointment heiress, wants to know. For Desdemona, Merchant is the missing link in her ongoing communications with space aliens. Tabloid journalist Rudy Breno only cares that Merchant gets bigger headlines than Elvis. And for renegade seaplane pilot Frank Bama, the mystery of the presumed-dead-but-often-sighted rock star is turning his life upside down.
In his debut novel, Jimmy Buffett cooks up an irresistible gumbo of dreamers, wackos, pirates, and sharks, as he leads Trevor and Frank on a wild chase through the Caribbean Islands to a place where anything can happen . . . and everything does.
Where Is Joe Merchant? A Novel Tale Reviews:
Great read while at the beach or on a boat. 
2009-07-31 - This is one of the few books that I would re-read. Buffett hits home with this tail of adventure in the salty world. Keeping a copy on the boat is almost impossible as people keep borrowing it to read or re-read in their own Caribbean cove.
Not Jabanoski 
2009-04-06 - I'm a twenty year plus Parrot Head, but this, and Jimmy's other books, just don't live up to his island buddy Bill Jabanoski's "The Roadkill Diaries: Strange Tales From Key West And Beyond" or its sequel "Beyond The Mirror: The Roadkill Diaries, Part II." Jimmy may have invented the Key West musical style, but he's not the writer Jabanoski is. Jimmy's books, all of which I bought as soon as they were available, are good, but Jabanoski is the true great writer of Key West.
Buy this book. It's pretty good. But if you want some of the real tropical craziness buy Jabanoski's books too or instead of this and Buffett's other novels.
Boring... 
2009-03-12 - You read the description of this book and expect it to be a tropical thriller that would keep you on the end of your reading chair. Not true. I thought the book had good character development and a great concept, but a bad delivery. In my opinon, Jimmy Buffett did a poor job bringing everything together. This is one of those books where you'll read 3 pages and have no idea what you just read because you were totally thinking about something else. This is one of those books where you force yourself halfway through it, waiting for it to get better but it never does. I would have much rather been reading J.K. Rowling or Dan Brown while eating a cheeseburger in paradise.
Book: Where is Joe Merchant, Buffett
2009-01-14 - And I thought he was only a musician!! Jimmy Buffett is a great author and we have read three of his books. They are easy reading, funny, sometimes outlandish. All in all just plain entertaining and fun reading.
An Annual Ritual
2008-07-11 - I've had this book for many, many years. It's become an annual ritual - a rite of passage for the Summer - to read it at the beach. Preferably with a Boat Drink in hand. Thanks Jimmy...
