Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs

De: Paul Carter

Narrado por: uncredited

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

Best seller 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.

©2007 Paul Carter (P)2007 Bolinda Publishing

Great story

If you could sum up Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs in three words, what would they be?

Mad international adventure.

Any additional comments?

It is a pitty that the author has to use the F word to add emphasis.

frank and informative

It got better towards the latter part. Some good descriptions of the industry culture and remote parts of the world. Also quite entertaining

Slow down and let me laugh!

I'm giving this one only three stars for the simple reason that the narrator (also the author) reads the whole book as if it is written in one paragraph. I had to listen to part of it at half-speed just to be able to keep up, and I kept skipping backwards to catch things again.

When I did catch them, though, there were some great tales in this one - I think I'll be looking for more of his work in dead-tree format next time.

Interesting, funny and oddly inspiring.

What made the experience of listening to Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs the most enjoyable?

It's narrated by the author, so you feel like you're listening to a real and personal story. Feels like you're sitting in a bar, listening to an old friend that you haven't seen in years.

Any additional comments?

Stories are loosely connected and, at times, you can lose the thread of the narration. Still, absolutely worth a listen!

Laughed so hard I wet myself!

What made the experience of listening to Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs the most enjoyable?

The natural manner in telling the story. The stories themselves are GOLD!

What other book might you compare Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs to and why?

None can compare!

What does the narrator bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The author is the narrator so it really is like being at a party listening to his story!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Moved me to laughter, and a change of undies from wetting myself!

Any additional comments?

Just wish the book was longer