Unfortunately, for
poor Jimmy Delaney, the next few weeks of his life
will be the worst few weeks of his life, as he will
stare disaster and dissolution in the face. As the
novel opens, Jimmy discovers that his video-poker
machines have been burglarized that night; then
he soon learns that his accountant brother-in-law
has made off with all his money; then that he owes
the IRS 56 thousand big ones because his brother-in-law
never paid the taxes on the bar!
Unfortunately for
Jimmy, he has no money in the bank and no means
of coming up with the needed payments to the IRS,
although his bored, erstwhile lawyer thinks a deal
can be worked out with the dreaded government agency.
Of course, Jimmy has other worries as well--his
sister-in-law's mental and emotional health, for
one, since she, too, has been left almost destitute
by her conniving accountant husband. Jimmy is also
concerned about his beautiful young daughter, Jenny,
who loves to spend whatever time she has with daddy
at Jimmy D's, much to the disgust of his ever-complaining,
whining, misnamed, nasally ex-wife, Joy.
Finally, Jimmy fires
his tax lawyer because the guy kept canceling appointments,
and decides to work out an arrangement on his own
with the IRS agent, the delightfully villainous,
super-"civil"-servant, Mr. Poon. And work
out a deal he does. The deal is simple. Poon will
give Jimmy time to pay off the IRS and in exchange
Mr. Poon's band, Come Monday, a Jimmy Buffet tribute
band that only plays pre-"Margaritaville"
Jimmy Buffet songs--and those poorly--will become
the house band at Jimmy D's.
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