Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs: (She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1857883772 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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.. 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 civilisation, and reason
"Interesting reading about something that I knew very very little" according to Amazon Customer. Interesting reading about something that I knew very very little about. The honest, down-to-earth writing style is very entertaining. Enough so that I read his other books too. "Five Stars" according to S.M.GILL. very funny lifts you up and makes you take stock of your life. looking forward to reading more escapades.. "Would recommend it." according to Joan Dowling. Really very enjoyable book and style of writing. Would recommend it.
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Carter's anecdotes are told with great good humor and perfect timing." . "Great two-fisted writing from the far side of hell." -- John Birmingham"ÝCarter's¨ struck literary black gold with these stories, which are both horrifying and hilarious.""What you have here is that rare situation of somebody who not only has a story to tell but the ability to tell it