Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - Hardcover

Torday, Paul

3.55

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9780297851585: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297851586 ISBN 13: 9780297851585

Publisher: W&N, 2007

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday (Hardback, 2007) An extraordinary, beguiling tale of fly-fishing and political spinning, of unexpected heroism and late-blooming love - and of an attempt to prove the impossible, possible. UK First Edition. First Printing. WEIDENFELD & NICHOLSON, London, 2007. Hard-cover Debut novel by highly acclaimed author Paul Torday First edition, first printing with full number- line 13: 978 0 297 85158 5 and 10: 0 297 85158 6. This is an Exclusive Limited Edition, Signed, Dated 8th February 2007 by the author on the title page and Numbered 60 out of 250 copies of the First Edition printed. This is a new unread immaculate copy which comes in a fine slipcase. Our books are covered in clear, removable film for protection and we pack all of our books professionally in bubble wrap and a box so that they reach you in perfect condition. Thank you for your valued custom.

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Review:

It's hilarious and so well observed (Sir Christopher Meyer)

'A most diverting debut - ingenious, witty and moving, Yes Minister meets Monarch of the Glen.' (David Profumo)

'A wonderful book - a cry for humanity in our target-driven spin-riddled world.' Marina Lewycka (Marina Lewycka author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian)

I really loved this book. (Bill Nighy)

It is light, but succeeds in an ambitious project: making a book about fishing readable, even touching. Fish may not be your bag, but it is the capacity for commitment and belief that makes for good reading. (Nadia Saint NEW STATESMAN (22.1.07))

[a] wickedly comic first novel about the power of money and the miracle of faith. (SAGA (February))

This is a wonderful, enjoyable read...Written in a highly accessible pastiche of memos, letters, interview excerpts, journal entries and emails, Fishing, encompasses everything from the science of salmon spawning to the war in Iraq. But all these elements merely give structure to the story: a lovely musing on how risking it all - however much it may be perceived as foolish or ridiculous, can bring hope and faith and love to the most bleak of outlooks... (Daneet Steffens SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY (28.1.07))

[Salmon Fishing...] captivates the grumpiest reader within moments...if you imagine The Office crossed with Yes, Minister, you may get some inkling of how very funny it is...the intelligence, inventiveness and humanity of this novel in comparison to the usual run of literary fiction is as wild salmon to the farmed. (Amanda Craig TELEGRAPH (27.1.07))

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen has elements that were once familiar in numerous comic novels: a hapless innocent caught up in political machinations; an exotic setting; an upper-class girl for the romantic interest. But the political machinations here have a contemporary flavour. (Nicholas Clee TLS (2.2.07))

Entertaining storytelling with great characters and laugh-out-loud plot. (Fanny Blake WOMAN & HOME (March 2007))

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An extraordinary, beguiling tale of fly-fishing and political spinning, of unexpected heroism and late-blooming love - and of an attempt to prove the impossible, possible.

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