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Main and Recurring Characters

Marlon Conrad

Florida’s lieutenant-governor and, later, governor. As the scion of one of the state’s political dynasties, Marlon is the great-grandson of Florida citrus magnate, Cecil Conrad; grandson of long-serving U.S. congressman, “Two-fisted” Thaddeus Conrad; and the son of the former state attorney general and current Florida Republican Party chairman, Dempsey “Tip” Conrad. As a result, Marlon was born into privilege and wealth. He was groomed for political office from a very early age. Marlon is thirty-eight years old and is engaged to former-beauty contestant, Babs Belvedere.

Gottfried Escrow (A.K.A. Phil Striker)

Marlon Conrad’s conniving chief-of-staff, and later campaign manager. Escrow’s role models include: Lee Atwater, Rush Limbaugh, Jessie Helms, Ken Starr, and G. Gordon Liddy. He is five feet ten inches tall; maintains a trim physique; has dark hair; and is baby-faced, with beady eyes.

Periwinkle “Perry” Belvedere

Florida’s most influential lobbyist and political tactician. He is the father of Babs Belvedere. He is good friends with Governor Birch and Dempsey Conrad. Perry is six feet four inches tall; has an imposing, trim physique; a full head of red hair; charming smile, and large hands and head.

Elizabeth Sinclair

Perry Belvedere’s extremely competent office manager. She later becomes a member of Marlon’s campaign staff. Elizabeth is forty-eight years old; attractive; and has short, blond hair.

Serge Alexander Storms (A.K.A. Muntjack “Jack” Pimento)

Last seen in The Stingray Shuffle; appears in Cadillac Beach in between Orange Crush’s Chapter 40 and Epilogue; and appears in Torpedo Juice after Orange Crush’s Epilogue. Serge currently suffering from long-term amnesia and is living in Tallahassee under the name Jack Pimento. As Pimento, he is Marlon Conrad’s press secretary, and, later, becomes a member of Marlon’s campaign staff. He is six-feet tall; weighs one hundred sixty pounds; ice blue eyes; and sports a military-style haircut, which shows off the flecks of gray in his temples.

Helmut von Zeppelin

One of Florida’s most-powerful land developers. He is also the owner of the Florida Felons NFL football team. Tyrannical by nature, von Zeppelin relishes flexing his political power to achieve his goals. Despite his perfect eyesight, von Zeppelin wears a monocle to intimidate others. He is sixty years old; has a gray moustache; and a shaved head.

Bumper Sticker Killer

A young Brazilian woman (actual name unrevealed). She is in Florida to seek revenge on the individuals responsible for facilitating the exile of her rapist and tormentor, “Loco Benny,” the notorious head of Brazil’s secret police. Her nickname originates from the fact she uses a black Magic Marker to leave pithy, darkly humorous, messages on her victims’ bare chests. Raised in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, she developed an addiction to huffing glue as a way of coping with her hunger from lack of food. As a young girl, she was captured by the secret police and sent to Loco Benny’s countryside villa to be sexually exploited. Escaping Loco Benny’s clutches, and completely disenfranchised with the Brazilian government, she joined up with a band of guerillas. She left for the United States when she learned the CIA whisked their ally,and her old tormentor, out of Brazil and set him up in a posh new life in Miami. This attractive and lethal killer is twenty-two years old; five feet eight inches; thin build; has black hair in a pixie-cut style; and has a beauty mark on her right cheek.

Speaker of the House Gomer Tatum

The Florida Democrat Party’s nomination for governor, and Marlon’s opponent in the 2002 election. Tatum’s main goal in politics is to avoid messy entanglements and to stay below the radar. He lives comfortably off the favors and gifts from the people and lobbyists who wish to buy his vote and influence. Tatum is currently in a romantic relationship with the politically-ambitious, Jackie Monroeville. He is fifty-eight years old; overweight and slovenly; and has thinning black hair.

Albert Fresco

Florida’s Reform Party candidate for governor. His singular campaign message is, “I’m madder than a sumbitch!”

Blaine Crease

Last seen in Hammerhead Ranch Motel; appears next in Cadillac Beach as the co-anchor of Action Five News out of Miami. Aside from his regular duties as Florida Cable News’ intrepid reporter, Blaine is also the moderator for the gubernatorial debates.

Agent Mahoney (A.K.A. Detective Mahoney)

First literary appearance; last seen in Triggerfish Twist; appears in Cadillac Beach in between Orange Crush’s Chapter 40 and Epilogue; and then appears in Hurricane Punch after Orange Crush’s Epilogue. Having left the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at the end of Triggerfish Twist, Mahoney is currently a homicide investigator with the Miami-Dade Metro Police. Mahoney is tall in height and is usually seen wearing an unkempt-looking tweed jacket. He is said to have blue eyes in Shark Skin Suite (27: 199). It is revealed in Electric Barracuda he was raised by Mable Mahoney. Based on the information in Electric Barracuda, it can be concluded Mahoney is currently in his early forties.

Babs Belvedere

Perry’s daughter and Marlon’s fiancée. She is a Miss Tallahassee and the runner-up for Miss Florida. She is skilled in ventriloquism and puppetry. Babs exhibits very childlike qualities and is prone to impulsiveness. Yet she is also extremely loyal and possesses a bubbly personality. Aside from her obvious beauty, not much is known about her physical appearance other than she is a blonde.

Governor Horace Birch

The Florida’s Republican governor elected in 1998. Birch’s term of office is tragically cut short when he dies in a plane crash while on a lobbyist-sponsored junket to Alaska. He is survived by a widow. Birch is friends with Dempsey Conrad and Perry Belvedere.

Dempsey “Tip” Conrad

Marlon’s father and the current Florida Republican Party chairman. A son of legendary U.S. congressman “Two-fisted” Thaddeus Conrad, Dempsey made his fortune in the barbell manufacturing business before serving as the state’s attorney general. As his current title suggests, Dempsey is a very powerful figure in Florida politics. He is friends with Governor Birch and influential lobbyist, Perry Belvedere.

Jackie Monroeville

A young woman from rural Florida with ambitions of becoming the state’s next first lady. She is in a romantic relationship with Speaker of the House and Democrat gubernatorial challenger, Gomer Tatum. Jackie is a highly motivated individual, who has a natural talent for maneuvering through the world of politics. She is twenty-four years old; five feet eleven inches tall; attractive; and has a freckled-face reminiscent of actress Sissy Spacek.

Anita Braintree (A.K.A. Anita Sirocco; A.K.A. Angela Sirocco)

George Braintree’s widowed trophy wife. Shortly after her husband’s death, Anita marries his business partner, Frank Sirocco.

Frank Lloyd Sirocco

A Florida death-row inmate slated for the electric chair for the murder of George Braintree. Before Braintree’s murder, Sirocco and Braintree were business partners. They owned the Boston-based Clean Sweep, Inc. – a crime scene restoration and clean-up company. Sirocco is currently married to his deceased partner’s widow, Anita.

Benito Juárez “Loco Benny” Pecadillo

As the head of Brazil’s notorious secret police, Loco Benny is known to have been engaged in numerous criminal and deplorable activities, including the rounding-up underage girls from the slums of Rio de Janeiro to use as sex slaves for him and his officers. His criminal actions were brought to the attention of Amnesty International. However, he was whisked out of Brazil and placed into comfortable exile in Miami by his friends in the CIA before he could be brought to justice.

Tex Jackson

The Army Reserves sergeant-major who serves as the de facto leader of Marlon’s platoon while on the peace-keeping mission in Kosovo. After enlisting in the Reserves at the age of thirty-five, Tex’s natural born leadership qualities emerged. He quickly earned the reputation of being a decisive leader who is protective of the men under his command. Currently forty-nine years old, Tex is African-American; lives in Clewiston; is six feet tall; has a thin physique; and a tooth-gapped grin.

Marlon’s Army Reserves platoon

Along with Marlon and Tex Jackson, this nine-member platoon of Floridians includes: Lech Kluzinski, a corporal from De Funiak Springs; Roosevelt Washington, an African-American reservist from Riviera Beach; Enrico Marconi, an Italian-American who lives in Arcadia with his wife and two children; Dino Schwartz, the platoon’s crooner from Indiantown; Fulgencio Zapata, a Cuban-American from Homestead; Francois Bordeaux, a reservist from Sebring, FL; and Hank “Vinegar Bend” Fulbright, a resident from Inverness.

The Overtown Posse

A four-man street gang comprised of Roosevelt Washington’s cousins.

Wally Butts

A journalism professor hired by Marlon to investigate the state’s upcoming death row cases.

Jack Savage

First actual appearance; last seen on a billboard in Florida Roadkill. No further appearances to date.

Joe Blow

A Tampa man who lives up to his name by the fact his lifestyle, preferences, opinions, etc. are all uncanny bellwethers to where the majority of the nation’s population is leaning. As a result, he is harassed by media and prognosticators of public opinion every election year.

Jenny Springs

A rising tennis star who mysteriously disappeared from the spotlight years ago. She is currently a dolphin trainer at Marineland. Jenny is befriended by Marlon and his campaign staff. As a result of a past trauma, she is extremely shy and speaks with a stutter. Jenny is almost six feet tall; one hundred and forty pounds; athletically fit; and has dark hair, cut in a short, tomboyish style.

DAY-TRADR

Jenny Springs’ abusive and domineering ex-boyfriend. His actual name is not revealed. His nickname comes from his Ferrari’s vanity license plate.

Ned Ingmar Coppola

A skilled television commercial director, Ned is widely considered to be the “King of the thirty-second political TV spots.” A distant step-cousin of Francis Ford Coppola, Ned’s greatest desire is to break into directing Hollywood films. He currently owns the Miami-based Eagle Studios. Ned is tall; lean and tanned; and has dark hair styled in a shaggy cut.

Overview of the Timeline

NOTE - The novel's hardcover edition was used for the (Chapter : Page) notations

Most of the events in Orange Crush occur during the final weeks leading up to the 2002 Florida gubernatorial election. However, there are a couple of key events which occur prior to the election thatare important to the framing of the timeline. Working backwards in chronological order, they are: Governor Birch’s death; Marlon’s time in Kosovo; and when Jack Pimento (Serge) is hired to work in the lieutenant governor’s mailroom.

Days after Governor Birch is declared dead, Perry Belvedere states Birch’s death will mean Marlon will be running as an incumbent in “five months” (14: 117). This means Governor Birch’s death and Marlon’s swearing-in as the new governor both occur around the beginning of June 2002.

On the same day which Perry makes his comment about Marlon’s future incumbency, he also mentions Marlon took his “little funeral tour last month” (14: 117). Perry states this around the beginning of June, which means Marlon visits the family members of his comrades sometime in May 2002. From this, it can be established Marlon’s tour of duty in Kosovo most likely occurred about a month before, in April 2002.

The epilogue in The Stingray Shuffle establishes the amnesia-suffering Serge is living among the Rhesus monkeys on Key Lois as late as January 1998. At some point, years later, he resurfaces in Tallahassee as “Jack Pimento” and gets a job in the lieutenant governor’s mailroom. After working inthe mailroom for a “month” (8: 68), Serge/Pimento is promoted to the public affairs office. By “the summer of 2001” (6: 47), he is Marlon’s press secretary. It is assumed Serge/Pimento is hired in the mailroom around July 2001. His promotion to the public affairs office occurs in August. He is further promoted to press secretary in September. This means there is an unaccounted-for gap of about three and a half years (from January 1998 to July 2001) in Serge’s timeline.

Orange Crush Timeline

“I usually hate it when some show-off wrecks a perfectly good linear story by jumbling the chronology.” – Serge A. Storms, The Big Bamboo (2: 38)

NOTE - The novel's hardcover edition was used for the (Chapter : Page) notations

CIRCA FEBRUARY 2000

Jackie Monroeville gets a job at the Quorum Grille. (5: 39)

CIRCA APRIL 2000

Jackie is hired by Perry Belvedere as a party hostess. (5: 39-40)

Jackie lands a job at Perry Belvedere’s lobbying firm roughly “two months” after she was hired as a waitress at the Quorum Grille. (5: 39)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2000

While hosting her first party at Perry’s estate, Jackie meets Gomer Tatum. (5: 41-42)

Jackie begins working for Perry’s lobbying firm in the “middle of the 2000 legislative session”. The Florida legislative session began on Tuesday, March 7, 2000 and concluded on Friday, May 5, 2000. The mid-point of the sixty-day session occurred on Wednesday, April 5, 2000. (5: 41)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2000

Helmut von Zeppelin boasts his new NFL team, the Florida Felons, will bring a championship to Florida within three years. (4: 32-33)

The announcement of the formation of the Florida Felons NLF expansion team occurs in “late 2000”. (4: 32)
Von Zeppelin vows to have the Florida Felons stadium “constructed in time for the 2002 season”. In fact, von Zeppelin has the stadium up-and-running for the 2001 NFL season. This is established by the fact that, when Marlon Conrad attends the Felons game against the Dallas Cowboy and meets von Zeppelin for the first time, Governor Birch is still alive. Upon Birch’s death, Marlon assumed the governor’s office “five months” (14: 117) before the 2002 election. Therefore, Birch’s death occurs sometime around May 2002, which is well before the 2002 NFL season. (4: 33)

THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001

Von Zeppelin attends his first NFL team owner’s meeting. (4: 34)

The NFL owners’ meeting occurs “the following month” after the announcement of the formation of the Florida Felons. (4: 34)

THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2001

Von Zeppelin pressures the Orange County commission into securing the land and passing a new tax to pay for his team’s new football stadium. (4: 34-35)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001

Thanks to the Felons’ poor performance on the field, Von Zeppelin is forced to flee the stadium when an angry mob of fans attack his owner’s box. (4: 35-38)

The Florida Felons’ first game is against the “Pittsburgh Steelers”. It is assumed this is the first game of the NFL’s 2001 preseason, which began on Sunday, August 12, 2001. In reality, the Steelers had a “bye” week on Week 1 of the NFL’s preseason. (4: 36)
Since “sunlight” can be seen through the windows of von Zeppelin’s stadium owner’s box, the Felons game against the Steelers occurs during the daytime. (4: 36)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2001

Lieutenant Governor Marlon Conrad attempts to explain to a group of outraged African-Americans his reasoning for gutting Florida’s Affirmative Action laws. (6: 47-51)

Marlon and Escrow barricade themselves in Marlon’s office to avoid the group of African-American legislators in the lobby during the “summer of 2001”. (6: 47)
NOTE: This is the earliest chronological appearance of Serge Storms (A.K.A. Jack Pimento) in this novel.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2001

Gottfried Escrow dismisses an investigative journalist’s claim that Marlon is not registered with the Selective Service. (10: 74-75)

It is a “warm September evening just after sunset” when the reporter confronts Escrow about Marlon’s failure to sign up with the Selective Service. Therefore, the question of Marlon’s status with the Selective Service is first raised in September 2001. (10: 74)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2001

Escrow is hounded by the reporter to produce Marlon’s Selective Service records. (10: 75)

The reporter follows-up on his investigation by calling Escrow “the next day”. (10: 75)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2001

Marlon enlists in the Army Reserves. (10: 75-76)

After “ten days” of the reporter’s persistent phone calls, Escrow decides the controversy over Marlon’s failure to register with the Selective Service needs to be dealt with. (10: 75)
Governor Birch, Dempsey Conrad and Perry Belvedere are called away from a “weekend spokesmodel summit” to deal with the growing scandal regarding Marlon’s failure to register with the Selective Service. (10: 75)
Marlon is scheduled to serve “two weeks of active duty” in the reserves. (10: 76)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2001

Marlon beings to wonders how he can get out of marrying Babs Belvedere (1: 15-20)

Marlon answers charges about cronyism during a press conference in the “fall of 2001, exactly twelve months” prior to the debate in Tallahassee. (1: 15)
It is a “calm October afternoon” the day Marlon responds to the charges of cronyism. (1: 15)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2001

Marlon, Dempsey, Perry and Governor Birch watch a Felons game with von Zeppelin. The men are forced to flee the owner’s box in von Zeppelin’s escape pod when the angry fans protesting the Felons’ loss begin to get violent. (10: 76-79)

Marlon meets Helmut von Zeppelin for the first time at the Florida Felons game against the Dallas Cowboys. The meeting occurs “a week after” Marlon completed his Army Reserves training. (10: 76)
The Felons/Cowboy football game is an “afternoon” game. (10: 79)
In reality, the Dallas “Cowboys” had a bye week on Sunday, October 22, 2001. Therefore, it is assumed this is the date for the Cowboys game with the Felons. (10: 79)

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2002

Pimento briefs Marlon on Frank Lloyd Sirocco’s death row case, and how Sirocco is up for execution for the murder of his business partner, George Braintree. (6: 51-52 & 7: 53-57)

Pimento’s report on the death penalty occurs “after lunch on a Thursday”. (6: 51)
“Six months before the 2002 gubernatorial debates got underway”, Sirocco was transferred to the Florida State Prison in preparation for his execution. (7: 63)

Marlon orders Pimento to take a drug test. (8: 64-67)

TUESDAY, JANAURY 29, 2002

After learning the drug test found traces of both depression and bipolar disorder medications in Pimento’s system, Escrow begins to worry Marlon might find out he forgot to run a background check on Pimento before hiring him. (8: 67-69)

At the point in which he is ordered to take a drug test, Pimento had “begun his government career six months earlier.” Since he was press secretary in the “summer of 2001” (6: 47), it is assumed Pimento gives his report on Sirocco’s case in January 2002. (8: 68)
After getting a job in the capitol mailroom, Pimento is promoted to the “public affairs office a month later”. Since he is press secretary in the “summer of 2001” (6: 47), it is assumed he began working in the mailroom in July 2001, was promoted to the public affairs office in August 2001, and then promoted to press secretary around September 2001. (8: 68)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2002

The state psychiatrist informs Marlon that Pimento is suffering from amnesia but is otherwise completely harmless and able to resume his duties. (8: 69-70)

The state psychiatrist visits Marlon’s office to discuss her findings regarding Pimento “one week” after Marlon and Escrow discuss the results of Pimento’s drug test. (8: 69)

Alone in his apartment, Pimento is haunted by disturbing images from his pre-amnesia past. (8: 70)

While Marlon is learning from the state psychiatrist that his press secretary is suffering from amnesia, Pimento is in his apartment watching Taxi Driver for the “fourteenth time in as many days”. (8: 70)

FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2002

Shortly after the Bumper Sticker Killer’s flight lands at Miami International, Mahoney is called to the scene to investigate the murder of one of the passengers. While inspecting the corpse, he finds the killer wrote a humorous message in Magic Marker on the victim’s chest. (9: 71-73)

“The sun was setting” as the Bumper Sticker Killer’s flight makes its approach to Miami. (9: 71)
Mahoney’s comment about taking “the Cowboys and points at home” should be seen as an off-handed remark, and not an indication it is currently the NFL season. His comment comes on the heels of the Bumper Sticker Killer’s arrival in Miami, which occurs shortly before she kills Loco Benny. Loco Benny’s death occurs shortly before Marlon is called to duty in Kosovo, which occurs during the spring of 2002. (9: 73)

The Willie Nelson Bandit attempts to carjack the Bumper Sticker Killer. Hours later, Mahoney is called to the gruesome murder scene and finds another quirky message written across the carjacker’s chest. (11: 80-82)

SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2002

The Bumper Sticker Killer murders one of Loco Benny’s bodyguards at a trendy South Beach nightclub. Later, while investigating the murder at the club, Mahoney discovers another message written in Magic Marker across the victim’s chest. (11: 82-86)

Loco Benny leaves the Rash nightclub at “two” A.M. (11: 82)
Loco Benny returns to his villa on Star Island “shortly after midnight”. However, it must be after “two” (11: 82) in the morning, since that is when he departed for home from the Rash. (11: 85)

Mahoney investigates Loco Benny’s murder. Seeing another one of the Magic Marker messages scrawled on Loco Benny’s chest, Mahoney concludes he’s dealing with a serial killer. (11: 86-87)

Mahoney visits the unnamed café on Ocean Drive “just before dawn”. (11: 86)

MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2002

Marlon’s Reserve unit is activated for a peace-keeping mission in Kosovo. Marlon balks at the idea of going overseas. However, he rethinks his position when it occurs to him the mission will further delay his wedding to Babs. (11: 87-90)

The Miami Herald’s article connecting Loco Benny’s hacienda on Star Island to the shell company Marlon was the director of is published “after the discovery of” Loco Benny’s body. This means the Bumper Sticker Killer arrives in Florida before Marlon’s tour of duty in Kosovo, which is months prior to the first gubernatorial debate in Tallahassee. (11: 88)

Kicked out of the house by his wife, Mahoney gets a room at a fleabag motel. (17: 128-129)

Mahoney falls asleep at the Gulfstream Inn before “Letterman came on”. Therefore, this scene occurs on a weekday. (17: 129)

FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2002

Reading the Miami Herald, the Bumper Sticker Killer learns the CIA used companies connected to Marlon to facilitate Loco Benny’s asylum. Realizing her revenge is not yet complete, she makes plans to travel to Tallahassee. (17: 129-132)

Mahoney is awoken at “three A.M.” by the Bumper Sticker Killer’s nightmare. (17: 129)
The Bumper Sticker Killer had a “busy week, coming in from the airport and all”. It is assumed this scene occurs a week after her arrival on Friday, March 29, 2002. (17: 130)
Since Loco Benny is referred to as the “late Benito Pecadillo”, it can be assumed the Bumper Sticker Killer has already killed him by the time Mahoney checks into the Gulfstream Inn. (17: 132)
The Herald’s article containing the graph connecting Brazilian military human-rights violator Loco Benny to the top of the Florida’s political structure has “Governor Conrad” at the top of the pyramid. This would seem to indicate Marlon is currently the governor. However, this cannot be the case because the article is published the same day Marlon, still lieutenant governor, is called to duty in Kosovo. (17: 132)
After reading the Herald’s article, the Bumper Sticker Killer gets on the phone to check “flight times for Tallahassee”. This would seem to indicate the Bumper Sticker Killer’s murder of Todd Vanderbilt during the first gubernatorial debate is soon to follow; however, the debate is a full six-and-a-half months away. (17: 132)

TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2002

While waiting in the Albanian air base, Marlon concludes the other Floridians in his platoon are a bunch of small-town losers. (11: 90-93)

After arriving at the Albania air base, Marlon and the other GIs sit idle for “two weeks”. (11: 91)

FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2002

After days of patrolling the countryside, Marlon becomes bored and cedes his command over to Sergeant Major Tex Jackson. As they bivouac for the night outside the village of Suva Prizka, Marlon continues to treat his fellow soldiers with snobbish contempt. (11: 93-95)

At the time they are approached by the old man, who takes their photograph with Marlon’s camera, Marlon’s unit has spent “three days marching through the Balkans”. This means it has been three days since Marlon was paired up with the eight other GIs from Florida back at the base. (11: 93)

Marlon is forced by the platoon to share the contraband vodka Bab’s smuggled to him. Relaxed by the alcohol’s effects, Marlon and his fellow soldiers soon become friends. (12: 96-97)

While Marlon shares his vodka with Tex and the other soldiers, a “harvest moon” can be seen in the night sky. Although it makes for good literary imagery, a harvest moon (in the northern hemisphere) is the full moon occurring closest in time to the autumn equinox. Since it is established Marlon is in Kosovo roughly a “month” before his “May” inauguration as Florida’s next governor, the full moon in the sky cannot be, by definition, a harvest moon. It is assumed the full moon mentioned in this scene is the one which is present in the sky on the evening of Friday, April 26, 2002. (12: 97)

SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2002

Marlon’s platoon comes under attack by Serbians. Zapata, Marconi and Schwartz are killed, but Tex manages to lead Marlon and the others to safety inside an abandoned farmhouse. (12: 97-101)

Marlon and the other GIs decamp “at dawn”. (12: 97)
After coming under attack by the Serbian civilian police, Marlon and his men make camp outside of Suva Prizka “at nightfall”. (12: 101)

Governor Birch uses his influence to have Marlon’s platoon evacuated. (12: 101-102)

There is no word about Marlon’s fate for “three days”. “On the fourth day, the evening newscasts back in the States were dominated by surprise Serb offensive and sketchy reports of American casualties”. It is at this point in which Governor Birch puts pressure on the military to locate and extract Marlon. (12: 101)

SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2002

Marlon and the remainder of the platoon enter Suva Prizka but come under attack by the Serbian police. During the firefight, Washington, Kluzinski and Tex sacrifice themselves to protect the platoon. Inspired by their bravery, Marlon selflessly tries to protect the villagers from the Serbians. As the police prepare to execute Marlon, an American gunship suddenly appears and mows down the enemy forces. (12: 102-105)

Marlon and the remainder of the platoon arrive at the edge of Suva Prizka “at noon”. (12: 102)

TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2002

Marlon returns to Tallahassee to a hero’s welcome. (13: 106-108)

The fact both “Time and Newsweek” feature the Reuters photographer’s picture of Marlon defending the villagers in Suva Prizka on their magazine covers indicates roughly a week passes between Marlon’s rescue and his return to Florida. (13: 106)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2002

Concerned over Marlon’s sudden change in personality, Escrow insists on accompanying him to Clewiston to pay respects to Tex’s widow. (13: 108-111)

The “next morning” after his return to Tallahassee, Marlon sets off to visit the family members of his fallen comrades. (13: 108)
While protesting Marlon’s decision to visit the families of his fallen comrades, Escrow mentions his boss has “a month of appointments stacked up”. This indicates Marlon was in Kosovo for about a month. (13: 108)
Marlon and Escrow leave Inez Jackson’s home “just before midnight”. (13: 111)

FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2002

Escrow secretly contacts Governor Birch to report on Marlon’s odd behavior. (13: 111-112)

After visiting Tex’s widow, Marlon and Escrow spend “the next several days” visiting the five other families of Marlon’s fallen comrades. (13: 111)

SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2002

Marlon visits the Washington family in Riviera Beach. (13: 112-113)

SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2002

Marlon serves as one of Marconi’s pallbearers. (13: 113-114)

Marlon attends Enrico Marconi’s funeral the “next day” after attending Roosevelt Washington’s funeral. (13: 113)

MONDAY, MAY 13, 2002

Marlon arrives at Kluzinski’s home, only to finds it surrounded by reporters. (13: 114-115)

The “next day” after Marconi’s funeral, Governor Birch coerces Escrow to reveal that Marlon is planning on visiting Kluzinski’s family. (13: 114)

SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2002

Governor Birch’s Learjet crashes while on a junket to Alaska. (14: 116)

TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2002

Dempsey and Perry console Birch’s widow. (14: 116)

It is earlier stated Birch’s remains “were sprinkled at mid-field during halftime of the Florida - Florida State football game” (2:21), - which will not be played until Saturday, November 30, 2002. However, shortly after his death, there is a “graveside service at one of the capital’s oldest cemeteries”. (14: 116)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2002

Marlon is sworn-in as the forty-third governor of Florida. (14: 116-117)

Marlon is sworn in as governor on a “breezy gray day.” (14: 116)
Perry mentions Marlon will be “running as the incumbent in “five months.” This means Birch died in early June 2002. (14: 117)
During Marlon’s swearing-in, Perry comments Marlon took his “little funeral tour last month”. (14: 117)

CIRCA SUMMER 2002

Florida’s Democrat party chooses Tatum as their candidate for governor. (5: 45-46)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2002

Escrow shares his concerns about Marlon’s personality change with Dempsey. Dempsey dismisses the concerns, and concludes Marlon is merely settling into his new role as governor. (14: 117)

This scene occurs a “week” after Marlon is sworn-in as governor. (14: 117)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002

Marlon hires Professor Butts to independently research all of Florida’s death-row cases. (14: 118)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2002

Professor Butts is contacted by woman in Boston with information about the Sirocco case. (14: 118)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2002

During her meeting with Butts, the Boston woman reveals that Braintree raped Sirocco’s daughter. (14: 118-119)

Butts is in Boston on a “weekend”. (14: 119)• Butts hopes to attend a “Red Sox game” while he is in Boston. This means he is in Boston during a “weekend” in which the Red Sox have a have a regular-season home game. The timeline assumes Butts is in town during the Red Sox’s three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles, which was played between Friday, September 13, 2002 and Sunday, September 15, 2002. (14: 119)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002

Butts decides to find Sirocco’s daughter and convince her to testify on her father’s behalf. (14: 119)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2002

Marlon ponders what he wants to accomplish during the special legislative session. (15: 120)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2002

Marlon optimistically prepares for the special legislative session. (15: 120-121)

On the opening day of the special legislative session, “Marlon was in the office before dawn”. (15: 120)

Marlon disrupts the business-as-usual atmosphere of the legislative session. (15: 121-123)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2002

Marlon’s proposal to ban the sale of Teflon-coated bullets is met with opposition by Hollywood actor and Second Amendment advocate, Jack Savage. (16: 124-125)

“The next morning”, Marlon prepares for the second day of the special legislative session. (16: 124)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2002

Marlon sinks into depression after all his reforms are voted down. (16: 125-127)

This scene occurs during the “third and last day” of the special legislative session. (16: 125)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2002

Pimento and Escrow try to snap Marlon out of his depression. (18: 133-134)

After the disastrous special legislative session, Marlon secludes himself in the governor’s mansion for “two weeks”. (18: 133)
The night Pimento and Escrow try to snap Marlon out of his depression, the first debate at the East Tallahassee High School is “only a week away”. (18: 134)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002

While attending Perry’s pre-debate party, Marlon meets Elizabeth Sinclair. Elsewhere at the party, the Bumper Sticker Killer seduces Perry’s protégé, Todd Vanderbilt.

During the debate, Marlon’s thoughtful answer to whether Florida was correct in bringing back the electric chair is overshadowed by Tatum’s rousing endorsement for the controversial method of execution. (P: 1-13)

The headline about Todd’s murder is printed “three weeks” before the 2002 Florida gubernatorial election. (P: 1)
The gubernatorial debate in Tallahassee occurs on a “balmy October evening in 2002”. (P: 1)
There are “three weeks left in the campaign” at the conclusion of the debate in Tallahassee. (P: 13)

Tatum is unanimously hailed as the winner of the debate. Meanwhile, the Bumper Sticker Killer sabotages Todd’s cellphone with plastic explosives. (18: 134-135)

Mahoney investigates Todd’s murder and concludes, after seeing another Magic Marker message scrolled across the corpse’s torso, Todd was a victim of the Bumper Sticker Killer. (P: 13-14)

Mahoney arrives at the East Tallahassee High School “four hours” after the debate has concluded. (P: 13)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2002

Pimento takes Marlon on an inspirational tour of the old Florida Capitol museum. (18: 135-137)

It is “shortly after two in the morning” when Pimento takes Marlon on a tour of the Old Historic Florida Capitol Museum. (18: 135)• Realizing “the sun’s coming up soon”, Pimento takes Marlon to the location of Governor Chiles’ cenotaph in the Roselawn Cemetery. (18: 137)

Roused by Pimento’s pep talk, Marlon buys an old Winnebago. Ushering Pimento and Escrow aboard, Marlon gets behind the wheel of the Orange Crush and hits the campaign trail. (19: 138-140)

Marlon takes part in the second debate in Jacksonville. He wins over the crowd with his sincere and unconventional answers. (20: 141-145)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2002

In his eagerness to get an exclusive interview, Blaine Crease nearly causes the Orange Crush to run off the highway. (21: 146-152)

Marlon, Pimento and Escrow visit the St. Augustine Lighthouse at “dusk”. (21: 151)
Blaine informs Marlon that Florida Cable News has “booked the (Daytona International) speedway for tomorrow” for the third gubernatorial debate. (21: 151)
“Hours later, after sunset”, the Orange Crush drives south from St. Augustine. (21: 151)
“The moon had just risen over the Atlantic” as the Orange Crush drives south from St. Augustine. On the night of Tuesday, October 15, 2002 the moon was in its waxing gibbous phase. (21: 152)

Joe Blow finds his home surrounded by reporters seeking his election year preferences. (21: 152-154)

Joe Blow is harassed by reporters “three weeks before the election”. (21: 153)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2002

While visiting Marineland, Marlon and Pimento rescue a young woman from her abusive ex-boyfriend, DAY-TRADR. The woman joins them aboard the Orange Crush as they flee the park. (22: 155-160)

The Florida state troopers deliver the mail to the Orange Crush the “first thing the next morning”. (22: 155)
The Herald’s headlines are devoted to Marlon’s campaign and “the Willie Nelson Bandit”. Since the Willie Nelson Bandit’s murder is back in the news, six-and-a-half months after it was committed, it is assumed there is a new development in the homicide case. (22: 155)

On the way to Daytona Beach, Pimento confides to Marlon that he is suffering from amnesia. During the debate at the Speedway, Marlon uses his allotted time to give an inspirational speech about Mary McLeod Bethune. (23: 161-167)

Pimento states, “For months, the only thing I could remember was all these history facts and trivia”. He continues by saying, “But recently I’ve started to have these little flashbacks”. (23: 162)
The third gubernatorial debate is “set for nine at the Speedway”. (23: 164)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2002

The young woman finally breaks her silence and tells Marlon her name is Jenny. (23: 167)

The Orange Crush passes through Titusville just “after midnight”. (23: 167)

In Vero Beach, Marlon accidentally walks in on Jenny while she is changing clothes, and sees her entire backside is covered in scars. Mortified, Jenny balls herself up in the corner and slips back into her shell. Desperate to find someone to help him with Jenny’s fragile state, Marlon calls Elizabeth and asks her to join him on the campaign trail.

While Marlon is dealing with Jenny, Escrow stops by Vista Isles East. Posing as a member of the Tatum campaign, Escrow berates the retirees for being a drain on society. Meanwhile, Pimento attends a time-share seminar, and ends up head-butting the high-pressure salesman.

Elizabeth joins the gang aboard the Orange Crush. They take Jenny to a psychiatrist Elizabeth knows in Palm Beach. The psychiatrist concludes Jenny is suffering from a past trauma, and the best chance of her snapping out of it is to remain aboard the Orange Crush. (24: 168-176)

Marlon wakes up Pimento and Escrow at “eight o’clock” A.M. (24: 168)
Escrow visits the retirees at Vista Isles East during their “regular Thursday-morning installment of Canasta-Mania”. The fact it is “Thursday” means the debate at the Daytona International Speedway took place on a Wednesday; the Jacksonville debate took place on a Monday; and the first gubernatorial debate at East Tallahassee High School occurred on a Sunday. (24: 170)
When Pimento and Escrow return to the motel, Marlon is watching the “evening news”. (24: 172)
Marlon calls Elizabeth for help shortly after “noon”. (24: 174)
The fact Elizabeth is “no longer with” Belvedere and Associates is a bit circumspect. Only four days have passed since she was seen working for Perry during the night of the first gubernatorial debate. Most likely, Elizabeth quit her job the following day after the debate. (24: 174)
It is “after dark” when the Orange Crush meets Elizabeth at West Palm International Airport. (24: 175)

Mahoney concludes the Bumper Sticker Killer’s crimes will inspire copycat killings. (25: 177-179)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2002

Jackie revamps Tatum’s public image with biker gear and a new Harley. (25: 179-181)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2002

Tatum meets with a newspaper editorial board. However, the editors are too distracted by Jackie’s sexy leather outfit to pay attention to him. (27: 185-186)

Escrow secretly slips Sirocco’s execution order in with other papers for Marlon to sign. The Orange Crush arrives at Ned Coppola’s production studio to film Marlon’s campaign commercial. (27: 186-191)

The filming of the campaign commercial is scheduled for the “afternoon”. (27: 189)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2002

Pimento invites Ned to film a documentary about Marlon’s unconventional campaign. (27: 191-192)

Ned states it will be “a couple of days” before he can join them on the campaign trail. (27: 192)

Von Zeppelin’s blimp is shot down by a disgruntled Felons fan. (26: 182-184)

“By late October” the Florida Felons were on a “ten-game losing skid”. Since the NFL’s Week 10 doesn’t occur until Sunday, November 10, 2002, the Felons’ losing streak must either include preseason games or games from the previous 2001 regular season. (26: 182)
The Florida Felons are playing the New Orleans “Saints” the day von Zeppelin’s blimp crashes. Unfortunately, for the sake of the timeline, the only bye week the Saints had in 2002 occurred on Sunday, November 3, 2002. (26: 182)
At “4:37 P.M.” von Zeppelin’s blimp crosses into Disney World’s airspace. Therefore, the game against the Felons and the Saints must be a day game. (26: 183)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2002

DAY-TRADR tails the Orange Crush down Interstate 95. Blaine Crease, once again trying to get an exclusive interview with Marlon, is lowered on Orange Crush’s roof via helicopter. Blaine loses his balance and lands on DAY-TRADR’s windshield. (28: 193-196)

Although it is stated it is the “next morning” after the gang’s visit to Eagle Studios, it is assumed more than one day has passed, since Marlon’s campaign commercial is already airing on television. (28: 193)
Blaine Crease attempts to land on the roof of the Orange Crush during “morning traffic on I-95”. (28: 193)
At this point along the campaign trail, Marlon has already visited “places that had never seen a candidate: inner cities, rural trailer parks, even a prison”. Marlon has also visited “kids in hospitals and AIDS patients in hospices and the bedridden in nursing homes and the homeless at roadside”. And, at one point, Elizabeth and Jenny “found Marlon asleep in a running shower one night and again the next day, slumped over a slide-out desktop in the back of the Winnebago”. This would seem to indicate more time has passed on the campaign trail than is indicated by the text of this novel. (28: 196)

Von Zeppelin calls Marlon for a political favor, but Marlon refuses. The Orange Crush arrives at a migrant labor camp, only to find it being raided by immigration agents. Marlon attempts to intervene and is briefly arrested. (28: 197-198)

Von Zeppelin is wearing a “neck brace from the blimp landing” when he calls Marlon. (28: 197)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2002

While meeting with a group of newspaper editorial boards, Marlon promises, if reelected, he will dedicate his administration to the common man. (28: 199)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2002

Dempsey and Perry cut short their vacation when they learn Marlon is refusing to grant von Zeppelin political favors. (29: 200-202)

Von Zeppelin calls Dempsey and Perry on a “calm October night in 2002”. (29: 200)

Babs becomes jealous after learning Jenny is aboard the Orange Crush. (29: 202-203)

Joe Blow is ambushed again in his yard by reporters seeking his ‘average man’ opinions. (30: 204)

After an unproductive interview with Sirocco, Butts concludes Sirocco would rather be executed than risk his daughter being publicly humiliated. (31: 213)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2002

Marlon puts a stop to a local sheriff’s practice of having his deputies target minority drivers for traffic stops. Meanwhile, Escrow covertly acquires Pimento’s fingerprints from an empty soda can. Elizabeth suddenly realizes Jenny is Jenny Springs, a young tennis star who inexplicitly disappeared years ago. (30: 205-208)

After “another long day” on the campaign trail, the Orange Crush enters (the fictional) Atlantic County around “two in the morning”. (30: 205)

During their meeting at the Pier Sixty-Six hotel, Marlon rejects Dempsey and Perry’s advice against getting on von Zeppelin’s bad side. (30: 208-211)

The sun is “rising” as the Orange Crush arrives in Fort Lauderdale. (30: 209)

Butts tells Marlon that Sirocco murdered George Braintree because his daughter had been raped by Braintree. Marlon learns Escrow somehow tricked him into signing Sirocco’s execution order. (31: 212)

Butts has an “afternoon” meeting with Marlon. (31: 212)

Desperate to end his ‘average man’ curse, Joe Blow adopts new, unconventional lifestyle choices. Unfortunately for him, his new lifestyle is inexplicably adopted by the majority of the country. (30: 204-205)

“The next day” after getting ambushed by the media, Joe Blow decides to put an end to his ‘average man’ reputation by getting an electric car, paying off his credit cards, etc. (30: 204)

Elizabeth hears Marlon having a nightmare in his neighboring room at Pier Sixty-Six. She enters his room and comforts him back to sleep. (31: 213-216)

It is “ten P.M.” when Elizabeth receives the phone call trying to lure her away from Marlon’s campaign. (31: 213)
“An hour” after getting the job offer, Elizabeth hears Marlon having a nightmare. (31: 215)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2002

Elizabeth and Marlon have sex. Downstairs, Babs shows up at the hotel to confront her fiancée about Jenny’s presence aboard the Orange Crush. She is intercepted by Pimento, who invites her back to his room. Finding they are attracted to one another; Pimento and Babs have sex. (31: 216-219)

Marlon is awoken at “two A.M.” by Elizabeth kissing him. (31: 216)

During breakfast, Jenny is invited to play in the upcoming Miami Cup tennis tournament. Ned joins Marlon and the others as they prepare for another day on the campaign trail. (32: 220-221)

Although it is still the same day which Babs shows up to Pier Sixty-Six, the “next morning” Jenny is invited to participate in the Miami Cup. (32: 220)
The Miami Cup is being held “this weekend”. Backtracking from Election Day Tuesday, November 5, 2002, Jenny’s match against Tanya Svenson must occur on Friday, November 1, 2002. (32: 221)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2002

Von Zeppelin, DAY-TRADR, and the Bumper Sticker Killer buy sniper rifles. (32: 221-222)

After his book-signing event in Coral Gables, Marlon slips away to attend services at a Baptist church in Overtown. (32: 223-226)

It is a “hot, quiet afternoon” when the Orange Crush enters Miami. (32: 223)
Escrow informs Marlon he has a book-signing at “noon”. (32: 224)

As the gang watches Jenny’s tennis match, DAY-TRADR slips into a maintenance room above the Miami Arena floor and aims his sniper rifle at Marlon. A mysterious figure suddenly bursts into the maintenance room and bludgeons DAY-TRADR to death. (33: 227-231)

Jenny’s final match against Tanya Svenson begins at “four P.M.”. (33: 227)
The fact “Jenny easily disposed of her earlier opponents in an impressive string of six-love matches” indicates she has been playing in the tournament for a few days. The commentators also make mention of the fact “today’s match won’t be anywhere near as easy” for Jenny. (33: 227)
The commentators wonder if Jenny can “handle the intense media onslaught she’s been subjected to all week”. They also comment that Jenny’s story “has had people buzzing all week”. This further confirms she has been participating in the tournament for a few days. (33: 228)

Mahoney deduces DAY-TRADR’s murder was the work of a copycat killer. (33: 231-232)

Mahoney arrives at the Miami Arena “six hours” after the end of Jenny and Tanya’s tennis match. (33: 231)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2002

Ned learns Hollywood is interested in his documentary about Marlon’s campaign. (34: 233-238)

The Orange Crush heads towards the Gulf Coast during the “last weekend before the election”. (34: 233)
The Orange Crush is “a half hour out of Miami” when Escrow begins reading the “morning” newspapers. (34: 233)
It is “after dark” and after “another long day of campaigning”, when the Orange Crush arrives at the Lazy Shores RV Park. (34: 237)
Pimento mentions they are scheduled to “be in Fort Myers tomorrow”. (34: 238)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002

Thinking Marlon jilted his daughter, Perry tracks down the Orange Crush. As Perry enters the RV Park, Pimento suddenly awakes and slips out of the Orange Crush. (34: 238-239)

Pimento suddenly wakes up “a little after two” A.M. (34: 238)

Mahoney investigates Perry’s murder. Meanwhile, Marlon publicly apologizes for Escrow recent deception of pretending to be a member of the Tatum campaign. (34: 239-246)

The Orange Crush drives past the Edison Museum “the next morning”. (34: 239)
The Orange Crush arrives at Vista Isles West “shortly after two” P.M. (34: 243)
While addressing the residents of Vista Isles West, Marlon apologizes for Escrow’s dirty trick “last week” of pretending to be a member of the Tatum campaign. Working backwards from Election Day, Marlon’s apology occurs on Sunday, November 3, 2002, which is more than a “week” after Escrow’s ruse at Vista Isles East on Thursday, October 17, 2002. Marlon’s error can be chalked-up to the hectic nature of the campaign trail. (34: 243)

Joe Blow and his wife are publicly outed as enjoying animal role-playing in bed. (35: 247-248)

The photo of Joe and his wife wearing beaver costumes is discovered on the “fifth day” of the reporters rummaging through his trash. (35: 248)
After the photo is discovered, later “that night” Dr. Ruth appears on CNN and claims the Blows’ furry fetish is, in fact, very normal. (35: 248)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2002

Joe Blow’s wife leaves him. (35: 248)

After Dr. Ruth’s appearance on CNN, “the next morning” Joe’s wife leaves him. (35: 248).

Tatum publicly challenges Marlon to a wrestling match during Raw Is War. (35: 249)

Reading the modified lyrics to “Sympathy for the Devil” which Pimento jotted down on his original job application, Escrow realizes Pimento is mentally unbalanced and poses a threat to Marlon’s campaign. (35: 249-253)

The Orange Crush arrives in Tampa “the day before the election”. (35: 249)
Sirocco’s execution is scheduled for “tonight”. (35: 250)

Joe Blow vows to do something so shocking, no one will ever accuse him of being ‘average’ again. (35: 248)

At the WWF event at Tampa’s Ice Palace, Pimento - calling himself ‘The Florida Phantom’ - jumps into the ring and accepts Tatum’s challenge in Marlon’s stead. The wrestling match quickly devolves into a melee, with both Jackie and Babs entering the ring. Pimento and Babs emerge victorious.

Meanwhile, von Zeppelin takes aim at Marlon in the crowd below from a storage room overlooking the arena. Before von Zeppelin can pull the trigger, ‘The Florida Phantom’ bursts into the room and kills him. Hours later, Mahoney arrives at the Ice Palace and determines von Zeppelin was murdered by the same the copycat who killed DAY-TRADR and Perry. (36: 254-265)

Marlon learns Sirocco’s daughter has come out of hiding and wants to go on record. He agrees to give her full immunity in exchange for her testimony. When she confesses to killing Braintree, Marlon quickly phones the prison and orders Sirocco’s stay of execution. (37: 266-271)

When Marlon arrives at the Hillsborough River State Park, there is “no moon” in the sky. There was a new moon in the sky on the evening of Monday, November 4, 2002. (37: 267)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002

Learning Marlon has freed Sirocco, Jenny reveals she is Sirocco’s daughter, and the woman he gave immunity to is her stepmother, Anita. Marlon calls the prison but is too late to stop Sirocco’s release. (38: 272-276)

Since it is “Election day”, it is Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (38: 272)

Joe Blow and disgruntled Reform Party candidate Albert Fresco both attempt disrupt the final gubernatorial debate at Tampa’s Franklin Street Mall. Serge, now cured of his amnesia, stops the Bumper Sticker Killer from assassinating Marlon. (39: 277-283)

It is “almost noon” when Serge arrives at the Franklin Street Mall for the final gubernatorial debate. (39: 277)

Serge convinces the Bumper Sticker Killer to murder Frank Sirocco and his wife. Back in Tampa, Escrow is arrested for stealing uncounted ballots from Palm Beach County. (40: 284-287)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2002

Marlon gives his concession speech after Tatum is declared the winner. (40: 287-289)

“Midnight” passes while the election returns continue to come in. (40: 287)
“At four A.M.” the FDLE agents deliver the bag of ballots Escrow stole to the Palm Beach Courthouse. (40: 287)
It is “just after sunrise” when Tatum is declared the winner. (40: 288)

CIRCA SUMMER 2003

Ned’s documentary, The Last Campaign, is re-released over the summer, with additional footage showing what became of Marlon and the rest of the cast after the election. (E: 290-291)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004

Mahoney spots Serge on TV at the Academy Awards. (E: 290-292)

Lists, Lists, Lists!

On the juke

(in order of appearance)

“We Will Rock You”

Written by Brian May

Performed by the audience at the debate at East Tallahassee High School

“Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”

Written by Paul Simon

Performed by Jack Pimento

“All Along the Watchtower”

Written by Bob Dylan

Performed by Bob Dylan

“All Along the Watchtower”

Written by Bob Dylan

Performed by Jimi Hendrix

“To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before”

Written by Albert Hammond & Hal David

(Referenced by a police corporal)

“War”

Written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

Performed by a local Tallahassee high school band

“Orange Blossom Special”

Written by Ervin T. Rouse

Performed by Johnny Cash

“Jumpin’ Jack Flash”

Written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Bill Wyman (uncredited)

Performed by the Rolling Stones

“Revolution”

Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Performed by the Beatles

“Eye of the Tiger”

Written by Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik

Performed by Survivor

“Hawaii Five-O theme song”

Written by Morton Stevens

Performed by the Ventures

“This Land is Your Land”

Written and performed by Woody Guthrie

“Ohio”

Written by Neil Young

Performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

“Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In”

Written by James Rado, Gerome Ragni & Galt MacDermot

Performed by the Fifth Dimension

“Fortunate Son”

Written by John Fogerty

Performed by Credence Clearwater Revival

“Sympathy for the Devil”

Written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Lyrics modified by Jack Pimento & Tim Dorsey

“Bad to the Bone”

Written by George Thorogood

Performed by George Thorogood and the Destroyers

“Thriller”

Written by Rod Temperton

Performed by Michael Jackson

“Son of a Son of a Sailor”

Written and performed by Jimmy Buffett

“A Pirate Looks at Forty”

Written and performed by Jimmy Buffett

E-Ticket Tour of Florida

(in order of appearance)

Florida Historic Capitol Museum / Florida Capitol Building / Capitol Complex

400 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL.

Florida State Prison

23916 Northwest 83rd Avenue, Raiford. FL.

Florida State University

600 West College Avenue, Tallahassee, FL.

University of Florida

226 Tigert Hall, Gainesville, FL.

Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club

1601 South MacDill Avenue, Tampa, FL

Breakers Golf Course

1 South County Road, Palm Beach, FL.

Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom

1180 Seven Seas Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport

9300 Jeff Fuqua Boulevard, Orlando, FL.

Tallahassee Regional Airport

3300 Capital Circle SW, Tallahassee, FL.

Ponce de Leon Motel (motel where Spenkelink murdered Szymankiewicz)

1801 West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL.

Foxboro Stadium

60 Washington Street, Foxboro, MA.

Boston Logan International Airport

1 Harborside Drive, Boston, MA.

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office

5525 College Road, Key West, FL.

Long Key Viaduct (Overseas Highway / U.S. Highway 1)

Crosses Long Key Channel; connects Grassy Key and Long Key, FL.

Monroe County Courthouse - Key West

500 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL.

Union Correctional Institution

25636 Northeast State Road 16, Raiford. FL.

Clyde’s & Costello’s

210 South Adams Street, Tallahassee, FL.

Miami International Airport

2100 Northwest 42nd Avenue, Miami, FL.

John Ringling Causeway

Crosses Sarasota Bay; connects Bird Key and Sarasota, FL.

U.S. Army Reserve center

905 North Ingraham Avenue, Lakeland, FL.

Orlando International Airport

1 Jeff Fuqua Boulevard, Orlando, FL.

MacArthur Causeway (State Road A1A)

Crosses the Main Channel of Biscayne Bay; connects Miami and Miami Beach, FL.

Avon Park Air Force Range

29 South Boulevard, Avon Park, FL.

Fort Benning (currently Fort Moore)

Columbus, GA.

7-Eleven (likely location where Marlon stops to buy road trip snacks)

5745 Clark Road, Sarasota, FL.

Gaskins’ Cypress Knee Museum

8358 U.S. Highway 27, Palmdale, FL.

Moore Haven Bridge (U.S. Highway 27)

Crosses the Caloosahatchee Canal; connects east and west Moore Haven, FL.

Cane Field

West Pasadena Avenue, Clewiston, FL.

Timothy E. Kitchens Funeral Home (likely where Washington's services are)

2703 Broadway (U.S. Highway 1), Riviera Beach, FL.

Oak Ridge Cemetery (likely where Marconi's funeral is held)

601 North Johnson Avenue, Arcadia, FL.

VWF Peace River Post #2824

930 East Cypress Street, Arcadia, FL.

Fenway Park

4 Yawkey Way, Boston, MA.

Ye Olde Tavern

7 East Street, West Brookfield, MA.

Cheers

1 South Market Street, Boston, MA.

Walgreens

(Likely) 3103 Biscayne Boulevard (U.S. Highway 1), Miami, FL.

Florida Governor’s mansion

700 North Adams Street, Tallahassee, FL.

University of South Florida

4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL.

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park

6131 Commercial Way, Spring Hill, FL.

Roselawn Cemetery

815 West Piedmont Drive, Tallahassee, FL.

John T. Alsop Jr. Bridge (South Main Street / U.S Highway 1)

Crosses the St. John’s River; connects Southbank and downtown Jacksonville, FL.

Independent Life building (currently JEA Office building)

233 West Duval Street, Jacksonville, FL.

The Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center

1000 Water Street, Jacksonville, FL.

Castillo de San Marcos

1 South Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, FL.

Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve

505 Guana River Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

Francis and Mary Usina Bridge (State Road A1A)

Crosses the Tolomato River, connects Vilano Beach and St. Augustine, FL.

Bridge of the Lions (State Road A1A)

Crosses the Matanzas River, connects St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach, FL.

Hotel Ponce de León (currently Flagler College)

74 King Street, St. Augustine, FL.

St. Augustine Lighthouse

81 Lighthouse Avenue, St. Augustine, FL.

Dairy Queen

100 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, FL.

Singer Island Grator Gator Food Mart

1245 East Blue Heron Avenue, Riviera Beach, FL.

Busch Gardens Tampa

10165 North Malcolm McKinley Drive, Tampa, FL.

Tropicana Products, Inc.

1001 13th Avenue E, Bradenton, FL.

Matanzas Bridge (State Road A1A)

Crosses Matanzas Inlet; connects Rattlesnake Island and Crescent Beach, FL.

Fort Matanzas National Monument

8635 State Road A1A S, St. Augustine, FL.

Marineland Dolphin Adventure

9600 North Ocean Shore Boulevard (State Road A1A), St. Augustine, FL.

Checkers

16 Old Kings Coast Road N, Palm Coast, FL.

Pizza Hut

1475 Palm Coast Parkway NW #110, Palm Coast, FL.

Space Needle

East end of Main Street, Daytona Beach, FL.

Main Street Bridge (Main Street)

Crosses the Halifax River lagoon; connects east and west Daytona Beach, FL.

Bethune-Cookman College

640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL.

Daytona International Speedway

1801 West International Speedway Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL.

Vehicle Assembly Building

Vab Road, Titusville, FL.

Port Canaveral

445 Challenger Road, Cape Canaveral, FL.

Ron Jon Surf Shop

4151 North Atlantic Avenue (State Road A1A), Cocoa Beach, FL.

Patrick Air Force Base (currently Patrick Space Force Base)

1211 South Patrick Drive, Cocoa Beach, FL.

McDonald’s

(Possibly) 1925 U.S. Highway 1, Vero Beach, FL.

Vero Beach Book Center (original location)

2145 Indian River Boulevar, Vero Beach, FL.

West Palm International Airport

1000 James L. Turnage Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL.

Royal Poinciana Playhouse

70 Royal Poinciana Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL.

Pleasure Island

1650 Buena Vista Drive, Orlando, FL.

Planet Hollywood

1506 East Buena Vista Drive, Orlando, FL.

Delano Hotel South Beach

1685 Collins Avenue (State Road A1A), Miami Beach, FL.

DiLido Beach Club/Ritz-Carlton South Beach

1 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL.

Pirate’s World

North side Sheridan Street, east of U.S. Highway 1, Dania, FL.

Walmart Supercenter

(Possibly) 17650 Northwest Second Avenue, Miami Gardens, FL.

Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office – West Detention Center

38811 James Wheeler Way, Belle Glade, FL.

The Compleat Angler Hotel

King’s Highway, North Bimini, Alice Town, Bahamas

End of the World Saloon

King’s Highway, North Bimini, Alice Town, Bahamas

Big Game Club

Queen’s Highway, North Bimini, Alice Town, Bahamas

Red Lion Pub

King’s Highway, North Bimini, Bahamas

Sandra’s Bar & Restaurant

Bailey Town, Bimini, Bahamas

Blue Water Resort

Cable Beach West Bay Street, Nassau, Bahamas

Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Pier Top Restaurant

2301 Southeast 17th Street (State Road A1A), Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Bahia Mar Marina

801 Seabreeze Boulevard (State Road A1A), Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Sheraton Yankee Clipper Hotel

1140 Seabreeze Boulevard (State Road A1A), Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport

100 Terminal Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Miami Tower (Cen Trust building)

100 Southeast Second Street, Miami, FL.

Venetian Causeway (Northeast 15th Street & Venetian Way)

Crosses Biscayne Bay; connects Miami and Miami Beach, FL.

Holocaust Memorial

1933-1945 Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, FL.

Books & Books (likely the bookstore in the “historic building”)

265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, FL.

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

1530 Sixth Avenue N, Birmingham, AL.

Lorraine Motel

450 Mulberry Street, Memphis, TN.

Miami Arena (currently Kaseya Center)

601 Biscayne Boulevard (U.S. Highway 1), Miami, FL.

IMG Academy (previously Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy)

5650 Bollettieri Boulevard, Bradenton, FL.

Miccosukee Resort & Gaming

500 Southwest 177th Avenue, Miami, FL.

Big Cypress Natural Preserve

33100 Tamiami Trail E (U.S. Highway 41), Ochopee, FL.

Big Hickory Pass Bridge (Bonita Beach Causeway)

Crosses Big Hickory Pass; connects Bonita Beach and Bay’s Island, FL.

Lovers Key State Park

8700 Estero Boulevard, Fort Myers Beach, FL.

Big Carlos Pass Bridge (Estero Boulevard; part of the Bonita Beach Causeway)

Crosses Big Carlos Pass; connects Black Key and Estero Island, FL.

Edison & Ford Winter Estates (Edison Museum)

2350 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL.

Henry Morris Flagler Museum (White Hall)

1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach, FL.

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

3251 South Miami Avenue, Miami, FL.

Edison Theatre

1533 Hendry Street, Fort Myers, FL.

Edison Bridge (Tamiami Trail / U.S. Highway 41)

Crosses the Caloosahatchee River; connects North Fort Myers and Fort Myers, FL.

Barron Collier Bridge (Tamiami Trail / U.S. Highway 41)

Crosses the Peace River; connects Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte, FL.

Sarasota High School (currently Sarasota Museum of Art)

1001 South Tamiami Trail (U.S. Highway 41), Sarasota, FL.

Ellenton Premium Outlets (likely the factory outlet mall near Vista Isles West)

5461 Factory Shops Boulevard, Ellenton, FL.

Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk

200 North Ashley Drive, Tampa, FL.

Courtney Campbell Causeway (State Road 60)

Crosses Old Tampa Bay; connects Tampa and Clearwater, FL.

Ice Palace (currently Amalie Arena)

401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL.

Silver Ring Café

1430 East Seventh Avenue, Tampa, FL.

Carmine’s restaurant

1802 East Seventh Avenue, Tampa, FL.

Miami Orange Bowl (currently Marlins Baseball Stadium)

1501 Northwest Third Street, Miami, FL.

Hillsborough River State Park

15402 North U.S. Highway 301, Thonotosassa, FL.

Franklin Street Mall

713 North Franklin Street, Tampa, FL.

AmSouth Bank Building

100 North Tampa Street, Tampa, FL.

Bumper Sticker Killer’s sniper nest

(Possibly) 808 North Franklin Street, Tampa, FL.

Tampa Theatre

711 North Franklin Street, Tampa, FL.

Henry B. Plant High School (Stephen Stills’ alma mater)

2415 South Himes Avenue, Tampa, FL.

Centro Asturiano De Tampa, Inc.

1913 North Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, FL.

Tampa Convention Center

333 South Franklin Street, Tampa, FL.

Palm Beach Post Office

95 North County Road, Palm Beach, FL.

Palm Beach County Courthouse

205 North Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, FL.

Shrine Auditorium (location of the 76th Academy Awards)

665 West Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.

FICTIONAL PLACES

(in order of appearance)

East Tallahassee High School

Tallahassee, FL.

Periwinkle Belvedere’s mansion

North of Tallahassee, FL.

Homosassa High School

Homosassa, FL.

Private restaurant atop a forty-story bank

Tampa, FL.

Heap Big Medicine’s corporate headquarters

Somewhere in Florida

Dempsey Conrad’s barbell manufacturing plant

Tampa Bay area, FL.

Dempsey Conrad’s house

Tampa, FL.

Von Zeppelin’s estate

In or near Orlando, FL.

Big Auto Parts Stadium

Orlando, FL.

Quorum Grille

Tallahassee, FL.

Jackie Monroe’s garage apartment

Tallahassee, FL.

Belvedere and Associates

Tallahassee, FL.

Gentleman’s 25-Cent Executive Cinema

Tallahassee, FL.

Leon County Circuit Court Judge’s home

In or near Tallahassee, FL.

George and Anita Braintree’s residence

Boston, MA.

A1A Dive Center

Cudjoe Key, FL.

Jack Pimento’s apartment

Tallahassee, FL.

Unnamed banquet hall

Sarasota, FL.

Sky Host Motel

Eighth Avenue, Miami, FL.

Rash nightclub

Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL.

Loco Benny’s hacienda

Star Island, Miami, FL.

Unnamed café

Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL.

Refrigerator outlet store

Miramar, FL.

Unidentified military airbase

Albania

Bombed-out farmhouse

Near Suva Prizka, Kosovo

Tex and Inez Jackson’s residence

Clewiston, FL.

Unnamed gas station #1

Homestead, FL.

Unnamed gas station #2

Manalapan, FL.

Unnamed gas station #3

Indiantown, FL.

Ethel Washington’s home

West of the Florida East Coast railway, Riviera Beach, FL.

Kluzinski residence

DeFuniak Springs, FL.

Paddy Wagon tavern

Boston, MA.

O’Flannery’s Pub

Boston, MA.

Mahoney residence

Miami area, FL.

Unnamed martini bar

(Likely) Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL.

Gulfstream Inn/Sailfish Diner

Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL.

Winnebago dealership

Outskirts of Tallahassee, FL.

Gomer Tatum and Jackie Monroeville’s motel #1

Jacksonville, FL.

Joe Blow’s house

Elm Street, Tampa, FL.

Batting cage park

Palm Coast, FL.

Unnamed strip mall

Somewhere between Palm Coast and Daytona Beach, FL.

Unnamed motel

Vero Beach, FL.

Gomer Tatum’s Vero Beach campaign headquarters

Vero Beach, FL.

Puerto Lago Boca Vista Isles East

Vero Beach, FL.

Unnamed meeting hall

Vero Beach, FL.

Elizabeth’s college friend’s home

Northern end of Palm Beach, FL.

Jensen Beach Dead Sleds

Jensen Beach, FL.

The Palm Beach Daily Intelligencer-Picayune offices

Lake Worth, FL.

Eagle Studios’ central office

Collins Avenue, north of 17th Street, Miami Beach, FL.

Eagle Studios’ production studio

Hollywood, FL.

Migrant labor slum

Possibly Belle Glade or Pahokee, FL.

Wacky Waldo’s Guns and Explosives

U.S. Highway 1, Hallandale, FL.

Unnamed Cuban lunch counter

Southwest Eighth Street (Calle Ocho), Miami, FL.

Unnamed Baptist church

Overtown, Miami, FL.

Addiction World convenience store

Off Interstate-75, Naples, FL.

Lazy Shores RV Park

Fort Myers, FL.

Puerto Lago Boca Vista Isles West

Off U.S. Highway 301, Ellenton, FL.

Gomer Tatum and Jackie’s motel #2

Sarasota, FL.

Joe Blow’s high school alma mater

Tampa, FL.

Unnamed warehouse rented by reporters covering Joe Blow

Tampa, FL.

Pirate’s Cove Cabanas