Requiem for a Vagabond Middle Aged in the Middle East The Burnout Trilogy Book 3 eBook English Teacher X
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"A funny thing happened to me, when I moved to the strictest Islamic country on earth, shortly after my 40th birthday, my life stripped of drugs, alcohol and women I felt happy."
In middle age, English Teacher X makes a major life change. He leaves behind a world of debauchery, darkness, drunkenness and devoshki in Russia, and takes a job in the strictest Islamic Kingdom in the Middle East. His life suddenly full of sunshine, sand, sobriety, and an adult-type salary, he also unexpectedly finds himself in a long-distance relationship with a sweet and loyal yet oh-so-stubborn and provincial Russian girl. With plenty of money, plenty of holiday time, and new health and optimism, finally it seems that a "normal life" is within his grasp.
However, things rarely run smoothly in the world according to ETX, and he soon finds himself adrift again, returning for the first time in many years to his homeland, a very troubled and sick America, with a new career as an independent author of "erotica" and an untoward yet timely interest in survivalism. More alienated than ever and haunted at the image of being the oldest guy in the club or one of the younger guys at the whorehouse, X bounces around exotic destinations (including Cyprus, Costa Rica, and return visits to his old home of Vodkaberg in Russia) and struggles to find a place for himself in a rapidly changing world.
But a new high-paying job in the Middle East looms, which might be the best thing that ever happened to him ... or the worst ...
Packed with eccentric English teachers of all ages and plenty of sexy-but-difficult Russian women, set against a backdrop of the Great Recession, the Arab Spring and the Mayan Apocalypse, X's latest memoir is another dystopian look at the profession of TEFL, expat life, and the myth that travel broadens the mind.
WARNING! Contains bad language, graphic content, middle-aged white guy angst, and a complete lack of authentic cultural experiences.
Requiem for a Vagabond Middle Aged in the Middle East The Burnout Trilogy Book 3 eBook English Teacher X
As an elderly spinster, I suspect that I'm NOT the demographic this author expects to reach with his frequently raunchy memoirs about his life abroad. Well, I read and enjoy them anyway and you can try to stop me.His story is an increasingly common one. Unfocused and unambitious as a young man, he drifted into teaching English abroad and never drifted back out of it. After a few years in Thailand, he fetched up in Russia, where the economy was booming and everyone wanted to learn to speak English. The pay and living conditions were abysmal, but the vodka and women flowed freely. For nine years he was content to jog along and pickle his liver, but eventually he came to feel that he should be preparing for his old age.
And where better to do that than in Saudi Arabia, where a Westerner can earn lavish sums for doing very little. Of course, there are always worms in apples and here they include bad housing, no community life, incompatible colleagues, and students who are even more apathetic than usual.
Then there's his private life. After nine years of playing the field in Russia, he manages to acquire a serious Russian girlfriend on his way out the door. Furthermore, she's a bigger drama queen than Vladimir Putin! And so we follow our hero as he slides (not very gracefully) into middle age and deals with his ageing parents in the U.S. and tries to pound a little conversational English into arrogant Saudi youngsters who know that their family's political connections are all that really count. And there's that ditzy, irritating girl friend.
As in all his books, there's WAY more about his sex life than any reader could possibly be interested in. (At this point, even HE has lost interest.) And he should have left out most of the flashbacks about his time in Russia. I understand that nine years was a big chunk of his life, but he's already covered that ground in another book. But, by God, he can tell a story and his observations of the Saudis and the strange assortment of Westerners who have washed up with the tide are as acute and funny as ever. His stories of his Russian friends and their escapades in the U.S. are fascinating in a horrifying way. And he brings an insider/outsider perspective to the problem of ageing in America.
I'll skip the porn shorts with which he claims to have had some success on Amazon, but I do like his stuff. He's intelligent and screwy and sometimes quite thought-provoking. Can't ask for more than that.
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Requiem for a Vagabond Middle Aged in the Middle East The Burnout Trilogy Book 3 eBook English Teacher X Reviews
another interesting memoir,this one about teaching/living in the middle east. in the book the author reveals he writes erotica as well? does anyone know what name they are listed under?
Very readable. The world x inhabits is relatable and sad and happy. I guess that these jobs no longer exist as such (see the TEFLpocalypse on his blog), which is a shame, I guess. English teaching can give but it can also take. I hope that he is working on a book a his China job though I am not sure what else he can say.
A great follow up to vodkaberg.
I'd spend my days reading the backs of cereal boxes if I knew English Teacher X had written them. 'Requiem for a Vagabond' is just as cynical, illuminating and provocative as the first two books in the series, and just as hard to put down. Thank you Sir for putting your work out there.
'Requiem for A Vagabond' is the third book I have read by the infamous and hidden English X. I always enjoy his bawdy adventures and his cynical observations on life in general and teaching English in particular. I spent a year teaching for an Oil Company Industrial College for one year in the dwindling years of he last decade and I can connect with X's experiences teaching in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The money was great and the traveling I did during my vacation time was even better. Most of my colleagues were either eccentric or downright weird. I suppose I fell somewhere in the middle. I highly recommend this book and all of his other books. However, English X isn't for the politically correct, the overly sensitive or the idealistic.
Adventure, insightful, and informative... English Teacher X's previous memoirs delivers those three things, and this book is no exception. This time, he journeys to the Middle East where he earns a lot of money and forgoes the licentious pleasures found in Russia, his previous teaching gig.
The prose is well written and informative. The narrator seems to tell a truthful story about himself and his journey, sometimes painfully so. We learn a lot about the Middle East from the barbed-wire compounds to the extravagant living of Dubai. English Teacher X has matured since his early days in Thailand and Korea, and so has his outlook on life. He shares with us that chasing money doesn't exactly equate to happiness, even if it's $8,000 a month.
The book is rather on the long side, but it's entertaining and informative. There are many unintended hilarious moments, especially with the students who response best when given nothing to do, and the extra moments with Crazy Bob and his addiction to call girls. The author grows and learns through his experience, however positive or negative they may be.
I highly recommend this book and looking forward to the next installment!
This is the 3rd memoir I've read by ETX, and after reading through almost 20-years of his life I'm a little sad that I've reached the end of his catalogue. This book ends in 2014, and we may be waiting a while for another new book.
ETX's new book moves away from his hedonistic past, and instead follows his teaching experience in the Middle East, where he opted for financial security over chasing cheap booze and cheaper girls. "Requiem" isn't completely limited to just the Middle East however, it follows ETX as he travels around Europe, North America, and Asia during his frequent vacations with his Russian girlfriend.
The main focus on this new book is what happens to an aging ESL teacher. Loneliness and borderline poverty are some of the less desirable parts of being a perpetual wanderer, but it was great to get to read about ETX doing his best to overcome them.
Overall it was a great read, and I would definitely recommend fellow nomads to check it out.
As an elderly spinster, I suspect that I'm NOT the demographic this author expects to reach with his frequently raunchy memoirs about his life abroad. Well, I read and enjoy them anyway and you can try to stop me.
His story is an increasingly common one. Unfocused and unambitious as a young man, he drifted into teaching English abroad and never drifted back out of it. After a few years in Thailand, he fetched up in Russia, where the economy was booming and everyone wanted to learn to speak English. The pay and living conditions were abysmal, but the vodka and women flowed freely. For nine years he was content to jog along and pickle his liver, but eventually he came to feel that he should be preparing for his old age.
And where better to do that than in Saudi Arabia, where a Westerner can earn lavish sums for doing very little. Of course, there are always worms in apples and here they include bad housing, no community life, incompatible colleagues, and students who are even more apathetic than usual.
Then there's his private life. After nine years of playing the field in Russia, he manages to acquire a serious Russian girlfriend on his way out the door. Furthermore, she's a bigger drama queen than Vladimir Putin! And so we follow our hero as he slides (not very gracefully) into middle age and deals with his ageing parents in the U.S. and tries to pound a little conversational English into arrogant Saudi youngsters who know that their family's political connections are all that really count. And there's that ditzy, irritating girl friend.
As in all his books, there's WAY more about his sex life than any reader could possibly be interested in. (At this point, even HE has lost interest.) And he should have left out most of the flashbacks about his time in Russia. I understand that nine years was a big chunk of his life, but he's already covered that ground in another book. But, by God, he can tell a story and his observations of the Saudis and the strange assortment of Westerners who have washed up with the tide are as acute and funny as ever. His stories of his Russian friends and their escapades in the U.S. are fascinating in a horrifying way. And he brings an insider/outsider perspective to the problem of ageing in America.
I'll skip the porn shorts with which he claims to have had some success on , but I do like his stuff. He's intelligent and screwy and sometimes quite thought-provoking. Can't ask for more than that.
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