'Great two-fisted writing from the far side of hell.' - John Birmingham, bestselling author of He Died with a Felafel in his Hand
'A unique look at a gritty game. Relentlessly funny and obsessively readable.' - Phillip Noyce, director of The Quiet American and Clear and Present Danger
Paul Carter has been shot at, hijacked and held hostage.
He's almost died of dysentery in Asia and toothache in Russia, watched a Texan lose his mind in the jungles of Asia, lost a lot of money backing a mouse against a scorpion in a fight to the death, and been served cocktails by an orang-utan on an ocean freighter. And that's just his day job.
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.
Strap yourself in for an exhilarating, crazed, sometimes terrifying, usually bloody funny ride through one man's adventures in the oil trade.
When not getting into trouble on the rigs Paul lives a quiet life in Sydney.
By:
Paul Carter
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 195mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9781741146981
ISBN 10: 1741146984
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 01 August 2005
Recommended Age: From
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Prologue Chapter 1: Achtung spitfire, 1969-1987 Chapter 2: Poolballs, 1987-1994 Chapter 3: Pack-a-day monkey, 1994-1995 Chapter 4: Saturation, 1995-1996 Chapter 5: Killer mouse, 1996-1997 Chapter 6: Deamon barber, 1997-1998 Chapter 7: The Hobbit House, 1998-1999 Chapter 8: Where you from? 1999-2000 Chapter 9: Barrel fever, 2000-2001 Chapter 10: The darkest continent Chapter 11: Gobbing, 2002 Chapter 12: Turbo San, 2002 Chapter 13: Legless in Russia, 2003 Chapter 14: The ghost of a flea, 2004 Chapter 15: Ah Meng, 2004 Epilogue
