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Sea State

Yazan: Tabitha Lasley
Seslendiren: Laoise Sweeney
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‘Sea State marks the arrival of a gifted and exciting new voice’ Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE
A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021

A candid examination of the life of North Sea oil riggers, and an explosive portrayal of masculinity, loneliness and female desire.

In her mid-30s and sprung out of a terrible relationship, Tabitha quit her job at a women’s magazine, left London and put her savings into a six-month lease on a flat in a dodgy neighbourhood in Aberdeen – she was going to make good on a long-deferred idea for a book about oil rigs and the men who work on them. Why oil rigs? “I wanted to see what men were like, with no women around.”

Sea State is, on the one hand, a portrait of an overlooked industry, and a fascinating subculture in its own right: ‘offshore’ is a way of life for generations of British workers, primarily working class men. Offshore is also a potent metaphor for a lot of things we might rather keep at bay – class, masculinity, the North-South divide, the transactional nature of desire, the terrible slipperiness of the ladder that could lead us towards (or away from) real security, just out of reach.‎

And Sea State is, too, the story of a journalist whose distance from her subject becomes perilously thin. In Aberdeen, when she’s not researching the book, Tabitha takes pills and dances with a forgotten kind of abandon – reliving her Merseyside youth, when the music was good and the boys were bad. Twenty years on, there is Caden: a married rig worker who spends three weeks on and three weeks off. Alone and increasingly precarious, she dives in deep. The relationship, reckless and explosive, lays them both bare.‎

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'A breathtaking memoir … The prose is stunning: gimlet-eyed and brutal' Tomiwa Owolade, Sunday Times, Books of the Year
‘Contemporary writing at its finest, without any hint of effort, egoism or pretentiousness on Lasley’s part. She is an astoundingly good writer, and this is an astoundingly good book’ Irish Times
'These are powerful and moving stories of working lives in a dangerous and all-male environment, made all the more powerful by the way Lasley refuses to absent herself from the telling. The writing is carefully and unobtrusively polished, with hard edges and unflinching clarity … Sea State marks the arrival of a gifted and exciting new voice’ Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13
‘It’s extraordinary. It takes you places so few books do … it gets inside the heads that are mostly ignored by publishing’ Observer
‘A startlingly original study of love, masculinity and the cost of a profession that few outside of it can truly understand’ Guardian
‘She has the skill, a Joan Didion kind of skill, of inflecting non-fiction material subjectively, a habit of assessing situations via her nervous system … Sea State has all the presentness of fiction, as well as the exactitude of the non-fiction novel and the gleam of confession’ Andrew O’Hagan, author of Mayflies, LRB
‘Acidic, addictive reporting with a fictional veneer. Sea State’s writing alone is worth the admission price’ Financial Times
‘A powerful blend of journalism and memoir … Beautifully written, disquieting, it reminds me of Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women ’ David Nicholls, author of Sweet Sorrow
'Piercing, brutally candid, addictive. A memoir like no other … If you were gripped by Lisa Taddeo's Three Women, this is for you' Rachel Cooke, author of Her Brilliant Career
‘Incredibly compelling’ Sarah Hall, author of Burntcoat
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I've read other people's reviews on this, and as with everything, they are the views of other folk. My Two-Penneth worth is that this is a sentimental journal written by the author escaping her usual work/life place and adventuring into the little spoken about world of workers in the oil industry.
This isn't the usual type of story that I'd normally be interested in, yet I was hooked within the first half hour. I enjoyed the perspective of this story and the real-life tales it tells. The narration is fantastic and credit to the voice behind it. A re-listenable future classic.

Unusual and Addictive

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Can"t help but feel the writer would have got more of a story by going undercover...lots of info about male behaviour when in isolation and plenty of playing away but not really much on working life on a rig

Too much drilling not much filling!

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The girl does not tread lightly. But there is a real charm to this unique and spirited book. Interesting observations about class, attraction and the interactions of men and women away from romance. This book feels untouched by soft love. It deals in undercurrents of lust, power and hard reality. It’s easy to listen to, exciting to follow and very funny at times.
The performance was very good, would highly recommend.

Clean, vivid and raw

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I loved that this book was so different in genre. Part cultural exposè of an overlooked industry, part raunchy/destructive romance. I really enjoyed the detailed character descriptions of the men she met and the accents really added to this. I didn't always agree with her but isn't the point of a book to understand different views? I looked forward each day to getting a chance to listen to this thoroughly interesting book. I learned a lot about industry and humanity aswell as being captivated by the story. Very worthwhile!

Unlike anything else I've listened to

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I enjoyed this overall. Lasley recounts a period she lived in Aberdeen with fairly unsparing detail. She is brave and anxious, attracted to risk and often quite conservative in her views. She goes exploring the novel and the different, comes across with a very human mix of strident and coy. The narrator's delivery sometimes felt a bit tart, but ultimately appropriate and fitting. Lasley often came across a bit petty, childishly judgemental but this stops being grating as her candour and self-criticism balance it well. Part of me (a woman in my forties) felt the narrative a bit too young for me, but it is also a worthwhile insight into someone slightly younger than me. Not super up-beat if you are looking for something rousing, but some raunchy detail, interesting attempts to capture the cultural moment of her youth and ultimately hopeful.

Original insight into a young woman's life

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