SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN. By Paul Torday.
2007 1st edition. Small 8vo (137 x 204mm). Ppxii,323. Decorative end-papers, silk marker. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.
Through a collection of "emails, diary entries, letters and reports, we learn of the plan to introduce salmon fishing into the Yemen, and the characters who try to implement the plan, those who are violently opposed to the project and those who just think it's a bit daft". Satire on the Blair years as an unknown academic gives in to Prime-Ministerial pressure with unexpected results. Good fun but with a serious message. The author is an angler and the fishing and fishery science content is pretty sound*. this is a first edition in a dust-wrapper
Through a collection of "emails, diary entries, letters and reports, we learn of the plan to introduce salmon fishing into the Yemen, and the characters who try to implement the plan, those who are violently opposed to the project and those who just think it's a bit daft". Satire on the Blair years as an unknown academic gives in to Prime-Ministerial pressure with unexpected results. Good fun but with a serious message. The author is an angler and the fishing and fishery science content is pretty sound*. this is a first edition in a dust-wrapper
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50531
| Author | Torday (Paul). (1946-2013). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 50531 |
| ISBN | 0297851586 / 9780297851585. |
| Book Description | Slight lean to spine, slight browning to edges but clean. Good-plus first edition, "As Read On BBC Radio 4" to slightly used dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 2007 |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld and Nicolson. |
| Place | London. |