Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
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Narrated by:
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John Sessions
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Samantha Bond
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Fenella Woolgar
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By:
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Paul Torday
About this listen
A Richard and Judy Summer Read Selection.
Written as a "report into the circumstances surrounding the decision to introduce salmon into the Yemen", this is a novel that is made up of e-mails, letters, diary extracts, records of the prime minister's Question Time, interviews, and chapters from the memoirs of a fantastically weaselly Peter Mandelson-type figure.
The "Yes Minister" comparisons are justified (and there is some brilliant, hilarious political and bureaucratic satire here), but at its heart, this is the story of a hen-pecked, slightly pompous, middle-aged scientist who finds himself caught up in what seems like an impossible project, and of how this project changes his life. In the process, he becomes an unlikely and rather loveable hero, discovers true love for himself, finds himself both a pawn and then a victim of political spin, leaves his brilliantly horrible wife, and learns to believe in the impossible. And he takes the listener with him in the process.
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Critic reviews
"An entertaining and successful debut... it is warmly recommended to anyone searching for feel good comedy with surprising bite." (The Sunday Times)
"The intelligence, inventiveness and humanity of this novel in comparison to the usual run of literary fiction is as wild salmon to the farmed."(Daily Telegraph)
"[It] succeeds in an ambitious project: making a book about fishing readable, even touching. Fish may not be your bag, but it is the capacity for commitment and belief that makes for good reading."(New Statesman)
I enjoyed listening to the audiobook and found the readers' voices carried the story forward in an engaging fashion. My only real quibble, which caused me to slash the rating, was what I felt was the unlikely medium of police case notes in the latter part of the book. How believable is it that people would reveal their deepest personal feelings, using exquisite lyrical language, to police investigators? But, that said, it's still a good story!
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
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Superb.
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend this audiobook to a friend. I liked all the characters in this book and how the story builds slowly.What other book might you compare Salmon Fishing in the Yemen to, and why?
I haven't read a similar book.Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances? How does this one compare?
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I didn't have an emotional reaction to this book and couldn't understand why. On reflection I think it was because the main protagonist being a scientist was level headed and analysed any situation he was in. I liked the man and his logic even when his marriage was falling apart.How to story about creating the impossible.
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Really different in a good way
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