Torday, Paul Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ISBN 13: 9780151012763

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Dr. Alfred Jones is a henpecked, slightly pompous middle-aged scientist at the National Centre for Fisheries Excellence in London when he is approached by a mysterious sheikh about an outlandish plan to introduce the sport of salmon fishing into the Yemen. Dr. Jones refuses, but the project, however scientifically absurd, catches the eye of British politicians, who pressure him to work on it. His diaries of the Yemen Salmon Project, from beginning to glorious, tragic end, form the narrative backbone of this novel; interspersed throughout are government memos, e-mails, letters, and interview transcripts that deftly capture the absurdity of bureaucratic dysfunction.

With a wickedly wonderful cast of characters—including a weasel-like spin doctor, a missing soldier and his intrepid fiancée, and Dr. Jones’s own devilish wife—Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is the whimsical story of an unlikely hero who discovers true love, finds himself first a pawn and then a victim of political spin, and learns to believe in the impossible.

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PRAISE FOR"SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN""" "[At] its heart is Jones's journey from skepticism to belief." --"The New York Times""Torday's clear talent is striking such a variety of notes, from soulful to satirical, and making them work as one bracing, bittersweet whole."--Michael Upchurch, "The Seattle Times" "Paul Torday's debut novel is about an impossibility. It is also about belief in the impossible, and belief itself. And the remarkable thing is that a book about so deeply serious a matter can make you laugh . . ."Salmon Fishing"is extraordinary indeed, and a triumph."--"The Guardian"(London)
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  • PublisherHoughton Mifflin
  • Publication date2007
  • ISBN 10 0151012768
  • ISBN 13 9780151012763
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages333
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