- Title:
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This is Not a Drill: Just Another Glorious Day in the Oilfield
- Written by:
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Paul Carter
- Read by:
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Paul Carter
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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4
- Duration:
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4 hours 35 minutes
- Published:
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July 01 2008
- Available Date:
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July 01 2008
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781742015699
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Australian; Travel Writing
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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Four Starred Review on Amazon
From the author of Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs.
Picking up right where he left off, Paul Carter pulls out more tall tales of a mad, bad and dangerous life in the international oil trade. Starting with action and mayhem galore This is Not a Drill sets an unrelenting pace that just doesn't let up, as Paul almost drowns when the Russian rig he's working on begins to capsize; is reunited with his dad - another adrenaline junkie; gets married; hangs out with his rig pig buddies in exotic locations; and spends a couple of interesting weeks in Afghanistan...
"Get ready for loosely connected, bawdy stories about the author and his outrageous friends. Some tales come from the oil rigs Carter worked on, but most take place in bars, where misogynistic alpha males drown themselves in a sea of liquor. How about the one where a bloke with a glass eye pops it into someone's beer, and the crowd waits until the victim quaffs the last ounce to see it staring at him from the bottom of his glass? Carter narrates the audiobook in his working-class Australian accent, loaded with the national vocabulary of 'mates', 'queuing', 'boiled sweets', and 'rubbing one out' (think gas). His rapid narrative style leaves the listener little time to ponder the novel metaphors, similes, and analogies."
AudioFile Magazine
"If you're looking for a rip-roaring, rollicking roster of drunken antics, tropical diseases and bad behaviour, you won't go far wrong."
Amazon