Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

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Shortlisted for the Newcomer of the Year Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2008.

Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 25th July 2007.

Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2007.
An unusual and delightful debut that all lovers of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian will adore. Normally I find novels written in emails, memos, diary entries and the like, such as this is, irritating but this succeeds on all levels. The different strains of the madcap story, reported in different voices, works a treat and as the characters are developed and the plot unfolds, so your interest is held vice-like. Part political satire, part scientific experiment, part spiritual enlightenment and part love story, it is highly accomplished, lightly amusing, unexpectedly touching and very rewarding. I truly loved it. This title is also available as an Audio book in CD format, read by John Sessions, Samantha Bond, Fenella Woolgar and featuring Andrew Marr.

Comparison: Marina Lewycka, Mark Haddon, Ben Elton.

Sarah Broadhurst

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