| Introduction | p. xxi |
| Prologue: I Fly Boats | p. 1 |
| Squalls Out on the Gulf Stream | |
| When My Ship Comes In, I'll Be at the Airport | p. 15 |
| See You in C-U-B-A | p. 19 |
| The Blind Leading the Blind | p. 25 |
| Under the Lone Palm | p. 32 |
| Let's Blame It All on the Weather | p. 40 |
| Doin' the Hemisphere Dance | |
| That's My Story, and I'm Stickin' to It | p. 49 |
| Fins to the Left, Fins to the Right | p. 59 |
| The Lady I Can't Explain | p. 61 |
| Want What You Have | p. 66 |
| You Can't Hide Your Mayan Eyes | |
| Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship | p. 79 |
| Fruitcakes in the Galley, Fruitcakes on the Street | p. 84 |
| Where Has All the Time Gone? | p. 92 |
| Anchovies and Antonyms | |
| I'll Be Your Pizza Tonight | p. 109 |
| You've Got the Wrong Man | p. 111 |
| Shelter in the Storm | p. 116 |
| The Wind Is in from Africa | |
| Beyond the Low-Water Mark | p. 127 |
| Housekeeping | p. 137 |
| I'm Clean | p. 140 |
| Colonel Cairo | p. 145 |
| Who's Eating Who? | p. 150 |
| Skating with the Devil | p. 153 |
| It's Better in the Bahamas | p. 158 |
| The Day Cain Slew Abel | p. 163 |
| Suntans and Percodans | p. 171 |
| Tickets to Ride | |
| Stand by Your Passenger | p. 179 |
| What Has Four Eyes and Two Barrels? | p. 189 |
| The Ferry of the Dead | p. 191 |
| Livin' on Island Time | |
| Friday Was the Coolest | p. 201 |
| No Plane on Sunday | p. 204 |
| Paradise Lost | p. 207 |
| Tell It Like It Is | p. 212 |
| I'm a Mayan | p. 216 |
| Raw, Naked Fear | p. 221 |
| Bless Me, Father | p. 227 |
| Where's the Party? | |
| It's Time | p. 235 |
| We Do Have a History | p. 242 |
| I Must Confess, I Could Use Some Rest | p. 248 |
| Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect Two Hundred Dollars | p. 253 |
| I'd Rather Watch Paint Dry | p. 256 |
| No Bird Flies by My Window | p. 265 |
| Rolling with the Punches | |
| Somebody Else's Troubles | p. 271 |
| Where Is Joe Merchant? | p. 282 |
| The Price of Tea in China | p. 292 |
| Old Habits Die Hard | p. 294 |
| The Things We Do for Love | p. 300 |
| Beach Music, Beach Music, Beach Music Just Plays On | |
| The Skeleton in the Closet | p. 307 |
| Time to Come Home, Cowboy | p. 310 |
| Revenge Is a Volatile Fuel | p. 317 |
| Quietly Making Noise | |
| That Time-Bomb Look | p. 323 |
| No Ticky, No Laundry, No Mechanics | p. 329 |
| Changing Channels | p. 335 |
| Blame It on the Stones | p. 343 |
| You're a Mayan | p. 346 |
| Fly-Boy in the Ointment | p. 354 |
| Cabbages and Kings | |
| Mambo on the Wind | p. 359 |
| At Arm's Length | p. 363 |
| Jalapeno Hollywood | p. 369 |
| Is There Anybody out There? | p. 371 |
| Matador in the Broken Mirror | p. 375 |
| Feeding Frenzy | p. 378 |
| Save the Last Dance for Me | p. 381 |
| Commander's Moon | |
| Que Pasa? | p. 391 |
| Propeller Talk | p. 392 |
| Quail Talk | p. 397 |
| An Appointment with the Moon | p. 399 |
| Who Are You? | p. 403 |
| Out of the Picture | p. 406 |
| Mermaids in the Night | p. 410 |
| Bones on the Beach | p. 415 |
| Don't Touch That Dial | |
| The Snakes Are Talking | p. 419 |
| Back to the Drawing Board | p. 422 |
| So You Want to Play Pirate? | p. 426 |
| Waiting for the Sails to Fill | |
| Happily Ever After, Now and Then | p. 439 |
| The World Is My Oyster | p. 446 |
| Changes in Latitudes | p. 446 |
| Store in a Cool, Safe Place | p. 450 |
| Epilogue: Further Adventures in Restless Behavior | p. 455 |
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