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Salmon fishing in the Yemen

Salmon fishing in the Yemen

Author(s): Paul Torday

Location(s): Yemen

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

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Dr Alfred Jones is a fisheries scientist, and works at a civil service office where life isn’t easy – added to which his wife is more interested in the bank balance than him. When he is urged to take on a new project to bring “salmon fishing” to the Yemen, he reluctantly feels he has to embark on it. The story is told part diary, part transcripts, part e mail – the project could change not only his life but British politics forever….

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Torday’s depiction of traditional Arab and Islamic culture is very respectful and interesting, though some cliches when it comes to the Jihadis…great read overall. Seth Jones –

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