Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
An extraordinary, beguiling tale of fly-fishing and political spinning, of unexpected heroism and late-blooming love - a Sunday Times bestseller
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.
Format: Paperback | 352 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.1 | 226g
Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008
Publisher: Orion Books
Imprint: Phoenix
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN10: 0753821788
ISBN13: 9780753821787
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very. minor scuff marks and minor creasing, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing, but no tearing. There are very small and faint blobs of discolouring on a tiny handful of pages. No pencil underlining of text, and no highlighting of text. There are 3 small squiggles done in pen on the last page of the book, which is a blank page, but no other writing in margins. No missing pages.