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Title:

Don't tell mum I work on the rigs

Written by:

Paul Carter 

Published by:

Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd 

Published:

November 01 2007 

Read by:

Paul Carter 

Number of CDs / Tapes:

4 

Duration:

4 hours 20 minutes 

MP3 size:

 

Genre:

 

Available Date:

November 01 2007 

ISBN:

9781742011370 

APN / ISBN-13:

9781742011370 

BAB:

071189 

Strap yourself in for an exhilarating, crazed, sometimes terrifying, usually bloody funny ride through one man's adventures in the oil trade.

Bestseller in Australia with extensive media coverage.

A 'take no prisoners' approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business. Amazingly, he's survived (so far) to tell these stories from the edge of civilization, and reason. Taking postings in some of the world's wildest and most remote regions, not to mention some of the roughest oil rigs on the planet, Paul has worked, gotten into trouble and been given serious talkings to in locations as far-flung as the North Sea, Middle East, Borneo and Tunisia, as exotic as Sumatera, Vietnam and Thailand, and as flat out dangerous as Columbia, Nigeria and Russia, with some of the maddest, baddest and strangest people you could ever hope not to meet.

"Great two-fisted writing from the far side of hell." - John Birmingham, best-selling author of He Died with a Felafel in his Hand.

"A unique look at a gritty game. Relentlessly funny and obsessively readable."- Phillip Noyce, director of The Quiet American and Clear & Present Danger

Paul Carter has led an amazing and intriguing life working on oil rigs throughout the world. His experiences reinforce the adage that truth can be stranger than fiction. However, one is never quite sure throughout this production if he has an overarching narrative to tell or if he is just slinging together a loosely connected series of entertaining anecdotes. Though slightly disjointed, his tales are intriguing--and made more so by the jovial Australian accent with which he recounts his exploits. Energy permeates his narration, and his caricatured impersonations of the various people who populate his stories, surprisingly, add to the listener's enjoyment. L.E.
AudioFile Magazine [May 08]