Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Paperback Published on: 12/04/2012
Price: £7.99
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Some seriously fishy business.
Dr. Alfred Jones is thrown into the world of politics in accepting the project to bring salmon fishing to the Yemen as per the request of a rich and powerf... READ MORE
Some seriously fishy business!
Dr. Alfred Jones is thrown into the world of politics in accepting the project to bring salmon fishing to the Yemen as per the request of a rich and powerf... READ MORE
Synopsis
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.
With a wickedly wonderful cast of characters - including a visionary Sheikh, a weasely spin doctor, Fred's devilish wife and a few thousand transplanted salmon - SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN is a novel about hypocrisy and bureaucracy, dreams and deniability, and the transforming power of faith and love.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- ISBN: 9780753829066
- Number of pages: 352
- Dimensions: 199 x 159 x 24 mm
- Weight: 244g
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An imaginative and witty book.Torday's blend of apparent mundaneness and dry wit is sublime. For me it will be most remembered for a few brilliant laugh-ou... READ MORE
Read the book before you watch the film
Gosh, what a little gem this is! The format of the story is as compelling as the story itself and works wonderfully well. Emails, memos, newspaper and maga... READ MORE
OK!!
This book is average plus. Worth buying if it's on offer somewhere and take away on holiday and read if you find you have finished reading everything else ... READ MORE
Funny in an excruciating way
Paul Torday's Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a brilliant comedy with a lot to say about business and politics. Most of the humour derives from the ridiculo... READ MORE
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
I was intrigued by the title and expected it to be rather heavy going. It was just the opposite and visions of 'Yes Prime Minister' came flooding back. At ... READ MORE
Many layered book
At first reading this is a very humourous read whch made me giggle out loud a few times. However you could read it quickly and smile at the various charact... READ MORE
Light reading but far from lightweight
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Picked this up as a book club choice with some reluctance. The title was a bit of a put off although in the end entirely accur... READ MORE
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
I read this book during the summer holiday and found it a very enjoyable light read. However since then, I have chosen to complete an English analytical es... READ MORE
Enjoyed reading this
A good story about the unrealistic project of creating a salon river in the desert country of Yemen.
Some good characters in here, from Arthur the fish sc... READ MORE
Great read
This is the first book I've read by Paul Torday, so didn't know what to expect.
The story was full of satire and wit, it reminded me very much of 'A short ... READ MORE