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This is a sequel to 'At the Bamboo Bar' that begins in Calcutta and is primarily set at The Strand Hotel in Rangoon, Burma. It is meant to evoke a sense of elegance, eloquence and pathos. McFinn's scintillating wit sparkles throughout the narrative.
| |  | | All Over the Map
McFinn travels to India, Greece, Morocco, Thailand and Phnom Penh, Cambodia where he engages in some philanthropic activities. As always with him, humor prevails...
| |  | | An Eclectic Journal...Cambodia
This journal chronicles the year my wife and I lived in a wooden Khmer style bungalow in southern Cambodia beside the Kampot River. There are tributes to greatness...Fred Astaire & Jimmy Connors. An Anecdote concerning a pretender to greatness...Gore Vidal. Essays on writing and the turbulence of recent Cambodian history. Addressing the mysterious disappearance if Jim Thompson, the "Silk King of Thailand'. Also, the English painter, Francis Bacon. Humor predominates throughout.
| |  | | An Eclectic Journal...Thailand
This a meandering journal of random musings and observations by Morgan McFinn while he lived in a wooden bungalow along the Gulf of Siam in Thailand. Colorful characters and witty dialogue abound.
| |  | | At the Bamboo Bar
My 50th birthday party at the famed Bamboo Bar in Bangkok's Oriental Hotel.
| |  | | Christmas Eve in Bangkok
This is a long short story set at the Peninsula Hotel in Bangkok. Volunteers have assembled to field phone calls from ex-pats away from home and feeling depressed during the Christmas season. Humor and pathos mingle together with a cast of interesting characters. McFinn's trademark dialogue percolates.
| |  | | Out of the Loop
The books consists of humorous pieces and essays chronicling the author's life and times on a so-called 'tropical island paradise'.
| |  | | Parody of a Screenplay
A humorous satire with regard to the far too many people who write books that are meant to be movies.
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