Review
"A brilliant satire, leavened by genuine passion for its protagonist and his sport" -- REBECCA SEAL OBSERVER "A delight ... Paul Torday's sparkling debut uses spoof parliamentary papers to tell a splendidly dotty tale" -- SALLY COUSINS SUNDAY TELEGRAPH "Utterly charming and extremely funny" IRISH TIMES
IRISH TIMES
"Utterly charming and extremely funny"
REBECCA SEAL, OBSERVER
"A brilliant satire, leavened by genuine passion for its protagonist and his sport"
Rachel Redford, THE OLDIE
'intriguing story.... witty satire.... The story's emails and reports, and the multi-voiced narration (which includes Andrew Marr) make for immediacy.'
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Book Description
An extraordinary, beguiling bestselling tale of fly-fishing and political spinning, of unexpected heroism and late-blooming love...
PSYCHOLOGIES (March 2007) *****
'[a] clever, original and funny novel...A magical debut.'
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Paul Blezard
"At last an Evelyn Waugh for the 21st century. Paul Torday is funny, humane, poignant and one of the most original writers in the UK today. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen reinvigorated my already abiding love of contemporary fiction and I am gratfeul to Mr Torday for it. I urge each and every one of you to buy this book and then sit on the nearest seat to the till and read it, really" Paul Blezard - Oneword Radio.
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Lucy Atkins, SUNDAY TIMES (18.2.07)
'[a] tender hearted book...[and a] thoroughly enjoyable debut.'
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David Profumo
'A most diverting debut - ingenious, witty and moving, Yes Minister meets Monarch of the Glen.'
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Sue Leonard, IRISH EXAMINER (Cork, 10.2.07)
'suffused with warmth; with magic and a fond quirkiness...This is a clever book encompassing sport, political spin and scientific experimentation. Torday's ease with language is masterful; and he has a beautifully judged sense of place...There's a clever sense of denouement, but ultimately it's the characters that make this page-turning tale shine.'
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Product Description
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 for ever.
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.
About the Author
Paul Torday was born in 1946 and read English Literature at Oxford. He spent the next 30 years working in industry, after which he scaled back his business responsibilities to fulfil a long-harboured ambition - to write. He burst on to the literary scene in 2006 with SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN, an immediate bestseller. He lives close to the River North Tyne.
