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Salmon fishing in the Yemen
de Torday, Paul
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- Estado
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0297851721
- ISBN 13
- 9780297851721
- Librería
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 2007. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. a very clean copy, no damage apart from reading creases on the spine, and a slight ageing of the pages. 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. Size: Trade Paperback. 321 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Yemen; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 0297851721. ISBN/EAN: 9780297851721. Inventory No: 0245964. . 9780297851721
Sinopsis
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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- Librería
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0245964
- Título
- Salmon fishing in the Yemen
- Autor
- Torday, Paul
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Reprint
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0297851721
- ISBN 13
- 9780297851721
- Editorial
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 Yemen fishing them politics among Salmon Biography & Autobiography; Yemen; Farming & Rural Life. Unbranded ISBN: 0297851721 EAN: 9780297851721 Torday, Paul Salmon fishing in the Yemen
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