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SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
by Torday, Paul
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151012768
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012763
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About This Item
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Inc., 2007. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author's first novel, an extraordinary and enchanting tale of unexpected heroism and late-blooming love; fly-fishing and the triumph of hope in a cynical world. Basis of the new movie by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, and Amr Waked. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] L67
Synopsis
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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- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13001
- Title
- SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
- Author
- Torday, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151012768
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012763
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Product_type
- 2
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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