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Paul Carter Paul Carter i(A90501 works by)
Born: Established: 1969 ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: English
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1 Crossed Tracks Paul Carter , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , June 2015;
— Review of Battarbee and Namatjira Martin Edmond , 2014 single work biography
1 2 y separately published work icon Ride Like Hell and You'll Get There : Detours into Mayhem Paul Carter , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2013 6620658 2013 single work autobiography

'Attempting 300 kph on an untested experimental motorcycle could be considered a perfect way to kill yourself, but Paul Carter is still, well, Paul Carter and danger at high speed is his second name.

'Whether discovering that being dyslexic means delivering your lines to camera back to front in the midst of filming a TV series, or starting a new business and travelling the world, or dealing with life's more sober moments like the birth of a son or the loss of a father, Paul Carter is still the funniest man in the bar and the nicest alpha male you'll ever meet as he risks all for the sake of a good story.

'So strap yourself in and brace yourself for his fourth book - we all remain hopeful that he will not be institutionalised before completing his fifth.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon Smoking Monkeys, Drilling Rigs, Bio-diesel Bikes and Other Stories Paul Carter , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2011 Z1894191 2011 selected work autobiography short story prose humour travel
1 2 y separately published work icon Is That Thing Diesel? : One Man, One Bike and the First Lap around Australia on Used Cooking Oil Paul Carter , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2010 Z1740516 2010 single work autobiography adventure humour

'At forty years old, a successful writer, husband and father, no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul Carter happily nestled in the cotton wool of suburban life enjoying the fruits of his labour? ...

'With his manic life left far behind and the perfect opportunity to take it easy stretched before him what else would a middle-aged, bike obsessed, man want?

'Yes, that's right, he'd want to be the first guy to ride around Australia on an underpowered experimental motorcycle that runs on used cooking oil, wouldn't he? Preferably without getting hit by a semi-trailer full of bridge parts. Is he out of his mind? Quite possibly.

'Embark on a rollickingly, downright dangerous and often unhinged quest that starts on an environmentally friendly motorcycle built on a shoestring budget by students, and ends with a plan to break the motorcycle land speed record for bio fuel.

'Carter is back to his old balls-to-the-wall style of writing, prepare to laugh out loud.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 Mrs Williamson the Milf Paul Carter , 2009 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Your Mother Would Be Proud : True Tales of Mayhem and Misadventure 2009; (p. 246-250)
1 1 y separately published work icon This Is Not a Drill : Just Another Glorious Day in the Oilfield Paul Carter , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2007 Z1450884 2007 single work autobiography
1 3 y separately published work icon Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs : She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse Paul Carter , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2005 Z1212776 2005 single work autobiography humour
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