-Phoenix (2007)-. First Phoenix paperback edition first impression 2007. Paperback, spine uncreased. Acid paper tanning. Near fine with promotional sticker. Ask to see our other Paul Torday titles. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Paul Torday 9780753821787

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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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Bookseller: Paul Brown Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 32807
Title: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Author: Torday, Paul:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0753821788
ISBN 13: 9780753821787
Publisher: -Phoenix (2007)-
Place of Publication: London
This edition first published: June 14, 2007

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