
Edwin Jay Sparkes, author of What in the World?: Brief Observations of the Human Condition, has been invited to take part in TriumphOfTheNow.com‘s “Ten Words or Fewer” interview format!
Read on below!
Q: What is the title of your book?
A: What in the World?: Brief Observations of the Human Condition
Q: Why did you choose this title?
A: “What in the world?” is a common expression of disbelief and I found it rather fitting.

Q: What’s the book about?
A: The past, the present and our potential collective future.
Q: Describe the ideal reader of your book.
A: No ideal, as it’s written with everyone in mind.
Q: What/who do you read?
A: I’m currently reading Scott Horton Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine and Barry Lynes’ The Cancer Cure That Worked! 50 Years of Suppression.
Published by Grosvenor House Publishing, What in the World? Brief Observations of the Human Condition – 2nd Edition: Is available to purchase in paperback (ISBN No: 978-1836150442) priced £6.99 and Kindle format (£3.49) on Amazon at https://tinyurl.com/ywz29xd7 and https://tinyurl.com/bdfefx3p
Bio:
Edwin Jay Sparkes is a relatively new author with interests in futurism, geopolitics, history environmental and social issues including health and economics, and the potential impacts of technology upon society in general.
He currently resides in the county of Surrey in the south east of England. His hobbies include reading, vegetable gardening and occasional abstract artwork.
“Ten Words or Fewer” gives writers (novelists, poets, essayists, playwrights, screenwriters, anyone writing anything else) the opportunity to introduce themselves and their work. If interested in taking part, email triumphofthenow@gmail.com for more details.
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