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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

by Torday, Paul

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0297851586
ISBN 13
9780297851585
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Weidenfeld and Nicolson , 2007 . Hardback. . 12mo blue cloth in dustwrapper. Pale blue ribbon page marker. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. VG++ hardback (a few light foxing spots to outer pages but looks unopened and unread) in as new dustwrapper.

Synopsis

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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Bookseller
High Barn Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
44791
Title
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Author
Torday, Paul
Format/Binding
Hardback.
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0297851586
ISBN 13
9780297851585
Publisher
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2007
Pages
323 pp

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