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A Literary Smorgasbord

A Literary Smorgasbord


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There was no question that this author looked up to the United Kingdom as his mother country, where he emigrated to, at the age of 26. Although Ceylon, his actual birthplace gained independence from the British Empire when he was just 12 years old (1948).

At secondary school he regularly won the class prize for English and contributed stories and essays not only to the college magazine, but also to the children's pages of local daily newspapers.

Under the title 'Rudderless Living' the author paints a succinct autobiographical picture of the main events of his nomadic life. 'Overland' describes not only a trio's trip by car to Mumbai, India, starting from Cambridge, UK, but also refers to important background events in the author's life. Over the years he had been writing short stories merely as a hobby, and the reader can expect a wide variety of real life events, as well as futuristic fables, in this collection. His poems were mostly written after he retired to Spain, and reflects his daily life there. A few of his poems won recognition as 'Honorable Mentions' at various competitions.

'A Literary Smorgasbord' is the product of his literary heritage exhibiting an undoubted mastery of the English language. Although he did not succeed in attending the then one and only University of Ceylon, he later gained academic qualifications from the University of London, and worked as an occupational psychologist until retirement age.

As assessed by British Mensa he has an IQ falling within the top 3% of the population. There is no question that this is reflected in the essays, stories and poems so uniquely presented in this volume, 'A Literary Smorgasbord'. A worthy read. (c. 280 words)


About the Author: Migel, who has lived and worked in Asia, Africa and Europe, is a very active author and freelance journalist. Having established a vocational assessment and rehabilitation facility whilst Senior Occupational Psychologist with the Royal British Legion Industries between 1996 and 2001, (a groundbreaking facility helping ex-services disabled men and women back into appropriate further education, training and civilian employment), Migel retired in June 2001 and moved to Spain in late 2005. Although now devoting most of his time to creative writing, Migel also worked in the area of life coaching, having gained a distinction in this regimen from the Life Coaching Academy (UK) in 2002. Indeed his credentials are such that he presented and ran a workshop at the First Russian International Life Coaching Conference held at St Petersburg in November 2002. He had been deploying an eclectic range of counselling and coaching methods to help clients achieve goals they had previously thought were beyond their reach.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781543494785
  • Publisher: Xlibris UK
  • Publisher Imprint: Xlibris UK
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 156
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Weight: 290 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1543494781
  • Publisher Date: 15 Apr 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Memoir, Fiction, and Poetry
  • Width: 152 mm


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