by Paul Torday · W&N · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780753821787
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«Salmon Fishing in the Yemen» is the novel by Paul Torday, published by W&N in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Doctor Alfred Jones, a scientist specializing in fishing, becomes involved in a hare-brained project: bringing salmon to the highlands of Yemen. The idea, born of a visionary sheikh, is exploited by British politicians. Alongside Harriet, the sheikh's agent, Jones embarks on a journey of faith and fishing with political satire, bureaucracy and love.
First novel by Paul Torday, winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize in 2007. The edition was published on June 14, 2007.
For readers of contemporary fiction and satirical comedy; also for those who know the story from the movie with Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.
Paul Torday was a British writer and the author of the comic novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The book was the winner of the 2007 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing and was serialised on BBC Radio 4. It won the Waverton Good Read Award in 2008. It was made into a 2011 feature film of the same name, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.
