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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen [Paperback] Torday, Paul

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen [Paperback] Torday, Paul

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen [Paperback] Torday, Paul
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen [Paperback] Torday, Paul

by Torday, Paul

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W&N, 2007-06-14. Paperback. Good. Cover differs to the one shown. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the pages. Price sticker on the cover.

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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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Title
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen [Paperback] Torday, Paul
Author
Torday, Paul
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ISBN 10
0753821788
ISBN 13
9780753821787
Publisher
W&N
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2007-06-14
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8 oz

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