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Morgan McFinn
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"Laugh, and the world laughs with you...weep, and you weep alone."
An Irish proverb
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Major influences are Oscar Wilde, P.G. Wodehouse and the early New Yorker writers like E.B. White, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, James Thurber and Ring Lardner.
I studied for 5 years at Chicago's famed Second City Improv Theatre under Del Close and Paul Sills. I also had my own improvisational comedy group that plated in clubs around the city.
I am from Chicago but have lived in S.E. Asia for the past 18 years. My wife and I currently reside in a wooden Khmer style bungalow beside the Kampot River in southern Cambodia.
I have 10 e-books available via Amazon/Kindle, Smashwords and Barnes&Noble. All meant to be well written and amusing.
Birth Place: Chicago, IL USA
Accomplishments: Graduate of Campion Jesuit High School 1969 &
Georgetown University 1974
Second City Improv Workshop 1975-1979
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Books
| | An Eclectic Journal...Cambodia by Morgan McFinn
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 Ki...
Kindle (eBook)
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| Christmas Eve in Bangkok by Morgan McFinn
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....
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| A Grand Old Dame by Morgan McFinn
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....
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 | All Over the Map by Morgan McFinn
McFinn travels to India, Greece, Morocco, Thailand and Phnom Penh, Cambodia where he engages in some philanthropic activities. As always with him, humor prevails......
Amazon.com
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 | Out of the Loop by Morgan McFinn
The books consists of humorous pieces and essays chronicling the author's life and times on a so-called 'tropical island paradise'....
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Short Stories
A Casual Reference to Casualties by Morgan McFinn
Why special mention of children?...
Robert Lax & The New Yorker Magazine by Morgan McFinn
Robert Lax was an accomplished and very talented writer whom I first met on the Greek island of Patmos in 1982. We remained friends for 17 years....
Legends of Thailand...Jim Thompson & John Fowler by Morgan McFinn
This piece recalls two of the legends of Thailand. Jim Thompson, the Silk King and John Fowler, the Cotton King. It was written while I was living in Kampot, Cambodia....
Celebrity Interview by Morgan McFinn
Our Daily Pageant reporter interviews the first known celebrity to grace the shores of Maenam Bay....
A Drama in Augusta by Morgan McFinn
The Masters Golf Championship....
A Travesty of Western Justice by Morgan McFinn
This piece addresses the tribunal established to investigate crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge from 1975 t0 1979. The tribunal was sponsored by the U.N. and the U.S. and othe...
Supply and Demand by Morgan McFinn
This is a parody inspired by an article in the Bangkok Post 15 years ago. How would the world react if God was kidnapped for ransom?...
Love Letters in Flower by Morgan McFinn
Missing my girlfriend while trying to contend with recalcitrant foliage that was meant to inspire fond memories. ...
A Tribute to Fred Astaire by Morgan McFinn
A class act......
The Topography of Pornography by Morgan McFinn
When the feline's away......
Anger by Morgan McFinn
A wasted & expensive emotion......
The Daily Pageant...Kampot Edition by Morgan McFinn
Kampot news......
My Favorite Government Hand-Out... by Morgan McFinn
America stinks of B.O.!...
A Tribute to Jimmy Connors by Morgan McFinn
Jimmy Connors...
Gore Vidal: A Man of Litters by Morgan McFinn
Gore Vidal...
The Itch... by Morgan McFinn
Oh, to be a writer......
Chink, chink...Ching, ching by Morgan McFinn
The wonder of India......
Champagne Visa by Morgan McFinn
Visa run to Penang 1995......
Pubic Publicity Stunt(ed) by Morgan McFinn
Publicity stunt in Singapore....
A Tough Act to Follow by Morgan McFinn
Just a personal response to the gloom and doom crowd. Let's try and keep the curtain up for a little while longer....
Have a Cigar... by Morgan McFinn
A brief encounter....
Heaven for Climate; Hell for Company by Morgan McFinn
Thank God for onions......
Bar Stool by Morgan McFinn
A real pick-me-up......
The Daily Pagent...4th edition by Morgan McFinn
Daily Pageant covers sex tour......
The Daily Pageant...2nd Edition by Morgan McFinn
News from a tropical island paradise....
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Links
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| Morgan McFinn
My e-book: 'Out of the Loop' can be purchased via amazon/kindle by going to my website and clicking 'purchase'. It only costs $4.99 in the U.S. 'All Over the Map,' 'At the Bamboo Bar,' and 'Parody of a Screenplay' are also available as e-books.
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Morgan McFinn Here...
My blog where I post thoughts and observations on life in South East Asia.
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My Articles
Articles available for view for free.
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Additional information
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| My wife and I have just abandoned the mayhem of Phnom Penh and relocated 120 miles south to the old French colonial town of Kampot. We have taken up residence in a wooden, Khmer style bungalow in a garden setting along the banks of the Kampot River (estuary). It's quiet (no barking dogs) and very charming.
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