Adventures in Multinational Business

Gaddafi's Libya is awash with oil money and open for business deals that are often used as a cover for financing revolutionary activities in and out of the country. In this novel, a businessman is caught in a dangerous game fraught with danger and deceit targeting the leadership of the Libyan dictator. In the midst is a doomed love affair with a woman-spy bent on seeking her own justice. Victor or Vittorio Bellini - a retired business executive - received his early education in Italy and later in England and Canada. He joined a multinational corporation and was fast-tracked to senior management postings in several countries. In his retirement he drew from his international knowledge to create engrossing stories in global settings. The author lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A high-level court case on business corruption is linked to a political conflict in West Sahara. Two brave women with diverse cultural assets play havoc with a senior executive of a multinational corporation. Their intimacy evolves into a threesome of passion and deceit, with clandestine activities fraught with danger. The contrasting aspects of the story underscore a major cultural divide. Victor or Vittorio Bellini - a retired business executive - received his early education in Italy and later in England and Canada. He joined a multinational corporation and was fast-tracked to senior management postings in several countries. In his retirement he drew from his international knowledge to create engrossing stories in global settings. The author lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

During the immediate post-Soviet years the privatization of state assets gave birth to a number of billionaires, later known as Oligarchs. Using their wealth, some of them developed political ambitions and stopped at nothing to gain power. A satellite telecom project became an acquisition target, needed to seize control of all national communications for an imminent coup d'état. Victor or Vittorio Bellini - a retired business executive - received his early education in Italy and later in England and Canada. He joined a multinational corporation and was fast-tracked to senior management postings in several countries. In his retirement he drew from his international knowledge to create engrossing stories in global settings. The author lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A chance meeting between Adam and Blanca on a flight to Mexico City turns into a love story with unexpected consequences involving drug lords. He is a Canadian businessman charged with opening the Mexican market to a major multinational company, while she is a young attorney on a tourist tour of Mexico. They are both unattached, good looking, sophisticated and worldly. Their mutual attraction leads them to a quick, if ephemeral, first date with romantic overtones. They keep in touch and eventually they meet again. They take their relationship to a mesmerizing period of sexual ecstasy, where all clicked beautifully as if by magic. As Adam gets to know Blanca better, however, he suspects something strange about her that piques his curiosity. As a result, his business activities in Mexico are compromised by her personal needs, leading to dangerous situations with shady characters of the drug cartel. Victor or Vittorio Bellini - a retired business executive - received his early education in Italy and later in England and Canada. He joined a multinational corporation and was fast-tracked to senior management postings in several countries. In his retirement he drew from his international knowledge to create engrossing stories in global settings. The author lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Gene Toner, a western businessman, gets involved in a web of intrigue and passion as he tries to help a well known older dissident get his memoir published in the West. The dissident is a former professor of history with connections at the top of the political spectrum. He is accused of instigating the student march on Tiananmen Square in 1989 and is subsequently jailed for his views on democratic reforms. The manuscript narrates historic events in the immediate post-Mao and pre-Tiananmen years and contains highly critical and even defamatory remarks on some top mandarins of the political elite in China. The manuscript is therefore viewed as libellous and treasonous by the accused who want to see it destroyed.In the process of finding a way to publication, while protecting the dissident and his family, romantic liaisons are born and lives are changed in emotional events of historic proportions. Victor or Vittorio Bellini - a retired business executive - received his early education in Italy and later in England and Canada. He joined a multinational corporation and was fast-tracked to senior management postings in several countries. In his retirement he drew from his international knowledge to create engrossing stories in global settings. The author lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.