RoughnecksAuthor :
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Published : Saturday 1 November 2014
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To his fellow crewmembers on rig number 34 of the Bomac Drilling Company, 27-year-old newcomer Zachary Harper is a mystery. To Marty, the derrick hand, heâ?Ts a welcome working body. To Freddy, the chainhand, heâ?Ts just another newcomer like himself trying to break out in the oil patch. To Jesse Lancaster, the driller, heâ?Ts a â?owormâ??â?"a risk, taken out of necessity, who just might make it as a roughneck. We join Zachary Harper the day after he has left the East Coast, for reasons yet unknown, and the day before he discovers the stark reality that a clean slate is just thatâ?"a cold, empty space where the self struggles with the soul. A tale of trial, risk, sacrifice, and self-discovery, Roughnecks takes its place in the tradition of American literary quest fiction. Is Zachary Harper an Ishmael or a Sal Paradise? A Jay Gatsby or a Huck Finn? Whoever he might be, he seeks self-knowledge, awareness, and authenticity.
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