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"'Don, would you happen to know the difference between a snob and a knob?' 'F****d if I know, mate ... You're the only Pom around, Ken. You're the bloody expert ...' Ken is a poised, polite, globetrotting British engineer and acute observer of human behaviour. He is the site manager for the Italian company Ital Pai(n) at a huge installation site named Garn-o, close to Brisbane, Down Under. On site, along with his right-hand man Don (a foul-mouthed, blunt, and fair dinkum Aussie-to-the-core), his left-hand man Razza-The-Nutter (a beyond bizarre and seemingly nuts-to-the-cube lunatic), and a host of other unconventional and memorable characters, Ken guides us with fast-paced, sparkling wit and engaging contemplation through the maddest, oddest, and greatest working site he has ever been to around the world. Filled with all types of humour, Site Matters is a knockabout tale revolving around the improbable, tease-driven friendship between Ken, Don and Razza and the peculiar acts and manners of Australia's working class - providing an insightful cross section of it whilst also bringing to light a particular form of Aussie identity. And while Site Matters keeps going, it also gives a good idea on how a young ""son-of-the-boss"" gets to learn what real life is all about when faced with ""living on site"". Throughout its chronicles, Site Matters will often leave you in stitches. It will also leave you to reflect about the many struggles, hopes, and convictions experienced and held by a part of our society not that much talked about in literature. All along the way, Site Matters will keep a nice smile on your face. And that alone is worth the whole journey ... ""Thoroughly enjoyed it ... Laughed out loud ... Eminently talented author ..."" Manuscript Appraisal Agency (MAA) - Australia"

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"His name happens to be Daniel. He's not that quick when it comes to grasping the meaning of things, but one day he did get that his name begins with a D. Later on in time, he also realised that his middle name and surname begin with a D as well. In his youth, he dreamt of becoming a sopranist and insisted that his stage name would have been either ""Triple D"" or ""D-Cube"". It took a while, but they finally got him to understand that a) an opera singer is not a rapper and b) the sound emitted by a gorilla being neutered without anaesthesia was much more melodic than his singing. Disregarding that codswallop, when it comes to where he was born, 'tropical' England happened to be the spot. He once even fathomed that England is not a country in the tropics, so he actually moved close to the equator. By now, having also spent the last 30 years or so wandering around the world, he calls himself an ""International Brit"". However, all in all he's simply a twonk who - amongst many other idiotic ideas - decided to write a book titled Site Matters. A book that comes from his rocket science knowledge on how to instruct people to put a couple of nuts and bolts together. At present he's basically 50, looks as if he's 75, and - more often than not - behaves as if he's 25. All things considered, the bloke's not that bad. In fact, to quote the words of his friends, ""he's quite a decent arsetard""."

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