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Précis

Glyn has creatively linked his candid memoir + geopolitical narrative + observant travelogue to the First Gulf War (1991) and to the formal launch of the WTO (1st January 1995). Consequently, those who have harboured misconceptions vis-a-vis the origins of contemporary ‘Globalism’ will have their understanding of this decade upgraded and positively recalibrated as they ride a fast-paced narrative.

This entertaining adventure features knife-edge financial survival + job-hunting across 8 time zones + deep cultural inquiry + hard-nosed humour mixed to a degree of intricacy and intimacy that could only have been possible by being obliged to live life on foreign shores while in crisis mode.

Book-1’s racy sub-plot is the Author’s visit to a rapidly transforming Kuala Lumpur. One that includes a vivid recall of his seduction by two (still young) Muslim divorcees. A rare tryst that took place inside the final decade before the “post 9-11 — Sharia Law push-back — era”. This genuinely erotic episode is so convincingly described even female readers have been “turned-on”.

Glyn’s unique, never to be repeated story starts (May 1996) in mysterious Abu Dhabi, continues in vibrant Malaysia, before completing (Book-2) in India’s teeming and jangling cities of Mumbai, Surat (Gujarat), and Chennai.

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“I have a habit of diverging strongly from what most might loosely call received wisdom. If a book cannot at least challenge opinions or pre-conceived ideas then why read it?

I have the same feelings about books – sometimes I do want to step into a world of fantasy, but sometimes I want to be challenged, I want to learn from someone else’s experiences and insights, and I want to hear a unique perspective. If you want the same, I urge you to pick up a copy of G. R. Wilson’s unforgettable and completely unique memoir.

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Furthermore, get ready for some political insights that will blow your mind…the 1990’s may have just ruined it for us Millennials.”

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Editorial: In Nexus this month, Glyn Wilson’s brilliant “Trying To Earn A Crust” reaches its climax — many of you have enjoyed the story very much so we will keep in touch with Glyn, who may be persuaded to write again; we hope so.

Sheila Hare, Editor, Nexus Magazine