THE CATCH: FISHING FOR TED HUGHES. By Mark Wormald.

Wormald (Mark). Ted Hughes.

ISBN 10: 152664424X / ISBN 13: 9781526644244

Published by Bloomsbury Circus. London. 2022, 2022

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2022). 2022 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppvi,323,ii. Not illustrated. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy of the first printing in slightly marked dust-wrapper. "Using Hughes's poetry collection 'River' and his fishing diaries as a guide, Mark returns again and again to the rivers and lakes in Britain and Ireland where the poet fished. At times, he uses Ted's fly patterns; at others his rods. It is an obsession; a fundamental connection to nature; a thrilling wildness; an elemental pursuit. But it is also a release and a consolation, as Mark fishes after the sudden death of his mother and during the slow fading of his father. A brilliant blend of memoir and biography, 'The Catch' is a stunning meditation on poetry and nature, and a quiet reflection on what it means to be a father and a son." .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE CATCH: FISHING FOR TED HUGHES. By Mark Wormald.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus. London. 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 152664424X
• ISBN 13: 9781526644244
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis

'An absolute gem . . . I was delightfully lost by the river throughout' Paul Whitehouse
'Marvellous . . . The Catch leaves both its writer and its reader wonderfully "lost in water"' Robert Macfarlane
'Penetrating and poetic, filled with honeyed prose and thoughtful criticism' The Times
A brilliant blend of memoir and biography, The Catch is a stunning meditation on poetry and nature, and a quiet reflection on what it means to be a father and a son.
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It is in the midst of a swirling river, casting a line, that Mark Wormald meets Ted Hughes.

He stands where the poet stood, forty years ago, because fishing was Ted Hughes's way of breathing - and because the poet's writing has made Mark understand that it has always been his way of breathing, too.

Using Hughes's poetry collection River and his fishing diaries as a guide, Mark returns again and again to the rivers and lakes in Britain and Ireland where the poet fished. At times, he uses Ted's fly patterns; at others his rods. It is an obsession; a fundamental connection to nature; a thrilling wildness; an elemental pursuit. But it is also a release and a consolation, as Mark fishes after the sudden death of his mother and during the slow fading of his father.

About the Author

Mark Wormald has been fishing since the age of four. He is an award-winning poet, winning the Newdigate Prize at Oxford in 1988 and an E. C. Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 1995.

Mark has been a Fellow in English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, since 1992. His first office was once the bedsitting room in which Ted Hughes dreamed of a burned fox. He edited Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers for Penguin Classics and more recently co-edited two collections of essays: Ted Hughes: from Cambridge to Collected (2013) and Ted Hughes, Nature and Culture (2018).