Goodreads asked Michael Haskins:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Michael Haskins You can only do this in Key West. I sat in the Smokin' Tuna Saloon and the bartender laughed and told me they had Guinness, just for me! When asked how I'd gotten the taste for it I told the story of my Uncle Dick and that led to my years at Molly Malone's in L.A. That made me remember the bartender Cecil and I wondered where he was today. So I made Cecil the bartender Mick Murphy's cousin and the book became a quest to find Cecil.

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