My 50th birthday party at the famed Bamboo Bar in Bangkok's Oriental Hotel.
Professional Reviews
Elite Magazine
The author of Out of the Loop and All Over the Map, both of which were warmly received by the local press, visits the Kingdom’s famed Bamboo Bar, but this is one evening unlike any the Bamboo bar had ever experienced before…Play readings, love-making, a dead guy in a brown suit, lots of top shelf booze and jazz, and a cast of inimically amusing characters as always. Subtitled ‘A Birthday Bash at the Most Celebrated Bar in Bangkok,’ this is one party worth dropping in on.
Patrick Tippelt
The man creates a superb flow of incidents…We glide into one of the cozy chairs into the bar and watch, listen and laugh as the evening progresses and the novel itself as well as the conversations McFinn either overhears or participates in develops into something very elegant and stylish…The verbose style proves to be more than fitting as we settle in with characters that are as flippant and peculiar as they are memorable.
Thailand Review
Occasionally I stumble across a writer who possesses some of that classical brilliance, mixed with a dry sense of humour, and a shrewd observation of the people he/she meets on the road of life. Usually that person is on the New York Times Best Seller list, or a list of all-time great writers. Morgan McFinn is one of those writers. He is not, however, on the New York Times Best Seller list, but is a hidden gem yet discovered.
I am still making my way through Out of the Loop but looking forward to this book as well.
Janna Hill
Reviewed by Julius Geier
2/24/2012
A pure joy ride. I loved this book. It made me want to read A LOT more of Morgan McFinn. I was just trying to relocate my copy and I can't seem to find it. I probably lent it to someone... I'm going to order another copy! I want to read it again.
She never felt safe at home as a young girl, and didn't understand why when she finally escaped she wasn't safe in the big wide world either ...effectively jumping out of the frying pan into the fire!
This book is an autobiographical account of the lessons I learned about life and how I was able to apply them to inspire, motivate and empower others in my own work as a firefighter, as well in my daily life as a husband, a father and a man. When I w
