I was going to suggest a book that my DH, who usually only reads the standard car mags etc, just had to get, after hearing his workmates talk about. It's called, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse...

It's written by Paul Carter, he is Australian and it's all about him working on the oil rigs and some of the things that him and his buudies got up to. It is an absolute laugh. DH and I were fighting each other for the book, as we were reading it at the same time. Both of us were laughing out loud while reading it.

Not really a novel. But DH and his workmates would sit around at work and talk about it. Wonder what they would say if I mentioned that they sound like they had a bookclub going lol!