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A Fishy Story

15/01/09

Permalink 09:43:57, 199 words, 367 views   English (EU)
Categories: Novels

A Fishy Story

Crockers is the ironmongers on our High Street, where they have recently added haberdashery to the amazing mix of things you can buy there. Outside is a secondhand bookstall where you take what you want and put your money in a slot that will eventually benefit our public library, or so it says.

One day I was browsing and my eye was caught by that extraordinary book that everyone was talking about last year. (Or was it the year before? Quick check to find publication date was 2007.)

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Anyway that’s how I came to be reading Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday.

This must be the funniest, yet most deadly serious book I’ve ever read. It’s about: politics and civil servants, international relations, spin, power at the top, power of the media, love and marriage, money and high finance, science, war, terrorism, assassination and accidental death. Oh yes, and salmon. And it’s absolutely HILARIOUS.

I'm not going to spoil the story by telling you any more about it. If you’ve read it already, you’ll know what I’m talking about. If not, go out and find it as quickly as you can.

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Comment from: sue kendrick [Member] Email · http://www.suekendrick.co.uk
That sounds interesting, I'll add to my list.
PermalinkPermalink 2009-01-15 @ 10:20
Comment from: morgana [Member] Email
Hey, Nothing is easy about living abroad their customs and everything is alien, but a challenge I find, even though some of its daft!
PermalinkPermalink 2009-01-15 @ 19:08
Comment from: Marilyn Sylvester [Visitor] Email
Sounds fascinating, but now I want to know the title.
PermalinkPermalink 2009-01-16 @ 11:52
Comment from: jak [Member] · jakill-jeansmusings.blogspot.com
Great Sue. Hope you get to it.

Not sure I understand your comment in this context, Morgana, but thanks anyway.

Did you find it, Marilyn? Just above the green pic. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is the title.
PermalinkPermalink 2009-01-16 @ 21:27

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