Allah Does Not Have An Exit Visa

In this autobiography, Allan M. Jack takes a personal look at his life. “I’m just an ordinary guy who has visited some extraordinary places,” he explains. From Scotland to Saudi Arabia, his story takes you on a journey through education, marriage, geology, apartheid, travel and everything in between.

Beginning with some family history, Allan sets the scene with stories of his parents and grandparents, and descriptions of his Scottish home village, Gartmore. Follow him through his school years, and a somewhat chequered and chaotic career at Glasgow University and the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

Witness Allan’s marriage, the birth of three children and a collection of asides on sports, youth organisations and the reality of apartheid in South Africa for eleven years that drives the family back to the UK after a particularly close-to-home bombing experience. Read on as he works in the oil industry for sixteen years, weaving an ongoing tale of family history with stories of his travels around Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the USA, Chile, Baku, Kazakhstan and Singapore, eventually reaching Saudi Arabia where he joins a small mining company.

Written to give his descendants an idea of what he did with his life, Allan’s book is full of exotic destinations, history and a truly unique life story.