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Salmon fishing in the Yemen
Title:
Salmon fishing in the Yemen
Author:
Torday, Paul, 1946-2013.
ISBN:
9780753829066
Publication Information:
London : Phoenix, 2012
Physical Description:
331 p. ; 20 cm
General Note:
Winner of Waverton Good Read Award 2008.
Originally published: 2007.
Abstract:
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' - who finds himself reluctantly involved in a project to bring salmon fishing to the Highlands of the Yemen - a project that will change his life, and the course of British political history forever.
Subject:
Salmon fishing -- Fiction |
Fisheries -- Great Britain -- Fiction |
Bureaucracy -- Fiction |
London (England) -- Fiction |
Yemen (Republic) -- Fiction |
Summary:
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' - who finds himself reluctantly involved in a project to bring salmon fishing to the Highlands of the Yemen - a project that will change his life, and the course of British political history forever.