PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781407239910
- Categories BX, BXOS, Classics and Literary, extraordinary, F LIT, Fiction, Literary Fiction, WBD
- Author(s) Paul Torday
- Publisher Phoenix
- Pages 331
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 13.0cm x 2.2cm x 19.5cm
- Weight 0.29 kg
product description
This is the story of Dr Alfred Jones, a fisheries scientist - for whom diary-notable events include the acquisition of a new electric toothbrush and getting his article on caddis fly larvae published in Trout and Salmon. Finding himself reluctantly involved in a project to bring salmon fishing to the Highlands of the Yemen, it is a project that will change his life and the course of British political history forever. With a wickedly wonderful cast of characters - including a visionary Sheikh, a weaselly spin doctor, Fred's devilish wife and a few thousand transplanted salmon. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a novel about hypocrisy and bureaucracy, dreams and deniability and the transforming power of faith and love.