A Salty Bit of Land / Jimmy Buffet 462 p.

Written in the first person, cowboy Tully Mars narrates his adventures after he flees the U.S. to live south of the border on a island.  My favorite character was Cleopatra, who at 102, has been sailing the 7 seas for more years than most are alive.  Tully ends up working for Cleopatra to fulfil her longest dream, that is, restoring to working order the lighthouse on Cayo Loco.