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Book Review of A Salty Piece of Land

A Salty Piece of Land
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Helpful Score: 4


A great read full of adventure and some tragedy. Buffet's lead Character and Narrator shares his crazy Caribbean escape that all began when he become a wanted fugitive. One misfortune after another lands Tully... and his horse, Mr. Twain, into the lap a new life changing adventure to some quaint yet exotic Caribbean paradise. After running from two moronic and unfortunately persistent bounty hunter Brothers, Tully runs into an old aquaintence, whose boss eventually helps get his charges cleared. Meanwhile he captures the respect and friendship of a 101 yr old woman (Cleopatra) who captain's of one the world's most beautiful historic schooner's. Cleopatra, on a mission of her own to restore an old lighthouse, rescues Tully from the Bounty Hunters and offers him a position on her fleet. After working diligently and searching the ends of the earth for the last "soul of Light" Lens, the lighthouse is complete and Tully who realizes he is a free man can finally settle down in one location, with a lifetime of treasures left to him by Cleopatra.