Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
CD Edition
by Paul Torday
narrated by Multiple Narrators
Genre: Modern Fiction
Age Group: Adult
Book Reference: DIR1005
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6008 6
Duration: 8h 45m (approx.) on 8 CDs
Publication Date: June 2008
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.
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