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A meek, slightly pompous, middle-aged scientist working at London's National Centre for Fisheries Excellence, Dr. Alfred Jones takes on the outlandish--and ill-fated--task of introducing the sport of salmon fishing into the Yemen River at the behest of a mysterious sheikh, in a whimsical novel of administrative bureaucracy, political spin, and government dysfunction.
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Paul Torday
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Paul Torday
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 333
- ISBN10
- 0151012768
- ISBN13
- 9780151012763
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Romance, Humor, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Politics, England, Great Britain, Faith, English Literature, Adapted for Film, London, Scotland, Satire, Letters, Present, Fish, English Humor, Yemen, Sheikh, Salmon
- First published
- 2006
- Original title
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
- Description
- A meek, slightly pompous, middle-aged scientist working at London's National Centre for Fisheries Excellence, Dr. Alfred Jones takes on the outlandish--and ill-fated--task of introducing the sport of salmon fishing into the Yemen River at the behest of a mysterious sheikh, in a whimsical novel of administrative bureaucracy, political spin, and government dysfunction.