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"This is Carter's romper-stomper tour of hte world's oil rights where he has worked for some fifteen years. Its a highly enjoyable tale. "A boy's own yarn from the front line of the oil industry." Men's Style "A torrent of tall tales from a life less ordinary." The Press and Journal, Aberdeen, 22 July 2006 "A fascinating and funny life story well worth the read." Sportsladsmag.com, 10 July 2006 "Full of colourful stories and well-worn anecdotes accumulated over almost two decades working the oil rigs" TNT Magazine, 17th July 2006 "Carter's tales are always entertaining and offer a few unblinking apercus about Big Oil seen from the inside." Scotland on Sunday, 9th July 2006 "Paul Carter Spins a good yarn. The disburbing thing is that the yarns are all real." Lucire Men "Here's one book you probably can judge by its cover. Paul Carter's memoir of his life as an oil man in some of the freakiest, most lawless locations in the world is not for the faint-hearted, as the nam e- borrowed from an old bumper sticker and now possibly my favourite book title ever - suggests. But if you've got the stomach for exploding monkeys, explosive dysentry, gunfights, hijacks and brothels staffed entirely by dwarves, you're in for a treat. Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs takes the reader on a white-knuckle ride around the oilfields of Nigeria, Russia, Asia, the Middle East and South America, barely stopping for breath as it scrambles from one audacious adventure to the next, skipping from near death experience to side-splitting hilarity so fast you hope he's kept a few anecdotes up his sleeve
Phillip Noyce, director of The Quiet American and Clear and Present Danger
"A unique look at a gritty game. Relentlessly funny and obsessively readable."
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The "blurb" on the cover was spot on. It was hilarious and I couldn't put it down. I embarrassed my kids on the plane to Spain by continually giggling to myself. One of the funniest books I read certainly in non-fiction.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I laughed at this book so much. Its well written and pacey and easy to pick up and put down. The monkey story on the fan was about the funniest thing I'd read in a long time. The book is now doing the rounds at work with similar feedback. Definitely worth getting!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a last minute purchase for my better half for Christmas. With all the expensive presents opened I should have saved my money on the other stuff and just given him this. Within 2 minutes of reading he was laughing out loud in the other room. There was now no chance of help with the turkey as he wouldn't put the book down. All I could hear was him screaming with laughter.
I suggested that as he was finding it so funny, then maybe I should read it to find out what shenanigans he gets up to whilst on the rigs. The answer was "I don't think so" and it has swiftly been taken off onto the rig for everyone else to read.
Best buy ever.
I suggested that as he was finding it so funny, then maybe I should read it to find out what shenanigans he gets up to whilst on the rigs. The answer was "I don't think so" and it has swiftly been taken off onto the rig for everyone else to read.
Best buy ever.
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Funny, though not that rig-specific
This book is a fun and fast-paced read. However, it does not tell very much about life on the rigs or the oil fields. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Adam
don't read it above the North Sea
I bought the book on ondon City Airport, on my way back to Amsterdam. It is the first time in years that I roared out loud with laughter by a book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Bonk
Don't tell Mum I work on the rigs (she thinks I'm a piano player in a...
This is one of the funniest books I've read. You will find yourself laughing out loud when you are reading it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Suzie
I'm laughing while knowing the oil industry
Paul Carter knows how to describe his oil rig jobs in a fun and very clear way.
He knows what he's doing in this world and makes you travel to the life in the oil... Read more
He knows what he's doing in this world and makes you travel to the life in the oil... Read more
Published 4 months ago by FabioM
Didn't see my husband all day!
Bought for my husband who loves this author. He just couldn't put the book down until he'd finished it, then he read it again! All through the book he was giggling. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lincolnshirelass
Don't tell Mum I work on the Rigs
Good for a laugh and very true to life, having once been a driller it is very good view of the industry. Read more
Published 6 months ago by B. S. Crawford
So funny I cried!
So I brought this to read on a plane journey. I did not want anything heavy, just a light hearted book.
So I started reading...
Then I started giggling out loud... Read more
So I started reading...
Then I started giggling out loud... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Rorschach
The Title says it all
I picked this up in oxfam purely cause of the book title, read the blurb and was hooked from there.
Managed to finish it in 2 days, I've ordered the sequel and follow-up... Read more
Managed to finish it in 2 days, I've ordered the sequel and follow-up... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Rebecca
Very funny, makes working on the rigs sound almost appealing
I originally bought the audiobook through iTunes to listen to in the car. It was very funny, read by the author, but unfortunately went silent for the last hour. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jack
Nah....didn't get the fuss...
As a regulalr user of Mumsnet, and a lover of funny things, I was absolutely thrilled when I saw a Mumsnet thread asking for everyone's favourite funny books. Read more
Published 11 months ago by CandyCloud
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