Virga Joy (or the Adventures of El Colonel De Corona)

US Marine Captain Colin Campbell is developing the first black pepper plantation in the West Indies. His days are spent clearing jungle, planting and fighting vipers. His nights are spent playing jazz piano at a local bar and enjoying the company of the local ladies. He meets Dr. Alan Greene at a jazz festival in Limon. Greene, a Canadian PhD botanist, is marooned in Costa Rica, abandoned when his biotech employer curtailed his mission. The two men develop an abiding friendship while naviga...