This Is Not a Drill
Just Another Glorious Day in the Oilfield
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4.5 • 25 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Carter writes as if he has ADD, careering through his life on oil rigs in exotic locations. He won't win the Booker, but his yarns burn with anarchic energy ... in a word, irrepressible.' - Herald SunHe's back on the rigs and back in trouble.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; gets hammered on vodka in Sakhalin; and spends a couple of interesting weeks in Afghanistan with some mates who run an outfit that just happens to contract out mercenaries for hire ...This is the next fast, furious and very funny book from Paul Carter, the author of the bestselling Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse.
Customer Reviews
Loved it
Another great read
He’s done it again
Paul Carter had me hooked with his first book about life on the rigs and he’s tied the story up nicely with this second one.
Brilliant
This is the follow on from his hit novel about adventures on or off the oil rigs anywhere in the world. Another rollicking funny actual laugh out loud antics in shortish chapters of his escapades with a few of his top mates. This book again really said what it meant on the label, as they say. Enjoy. Oh and by the way, this isn’t just a blokes book, although some may think so, any adventure filled girl will enjoy this & even want to join the group on an oil rig somewhere remote.