Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

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That they can’t openly deny the existence of God is because of the fact that in some Islamic countries, people face discrimination including lack of legal status or even a death sentence in the case of apostasy. But a strange turn of fate from an unexpected direction forces Jones to upend his existence and spend all of his time in pursuit of another man’s ludicrous dream. Wasn't the point of the book to shred some hope (faith or whatever) into the disgusting mess that our present day is?

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After initially dismissing the idea as completely ludicrous, Jones is forced into action when the idea catches the eye of senior politicians in the British government who see it as a perfect photo opportunity. Maybe it's a function of the ADD/internet-addled generation, but the new epistolary novel seems to be a pastiche of e-mails, interviews, memos, etc. At last, the gradient decreased, and as I rounded a bend I saw in one of the occasional pools that lay in the wadi bed something I have never seen in Yemen before or since: a man fishing with rod and line. He was married with two sons by a previous marriage, had two stepsons, and lived close to the River North Tyne.Alfred is deeply skeptical (salmon are cold-water fish that spawn in fresh water; Yemen is hot and largely desert), but the project gains traction when Peter Maxwell, the prime minister's director of communications, seizes on it as a PR antidote to negative press related to the Iraq war.

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The Sheikh's vision is compelling because he truly believes in it -- and gets Fred to believe in it (at least to the extent that something -- and possibly something glorious -- can be accomplished), too. In the meantime, the scientist's marriage is on the rocks, the sheikh's life is threatened, and a romance may be budding between the scientist and a woman working closely on the business end of the project. King Herod, when he suggested that the firstborn of every family in Palestine might be killed, could be regarded as launching a charm offensive, compared to NCFE’s proposal. But just when you're upbraiding Torday for his valetudinarian decency, he pulls off an ending both apocalyptic and wholly unexpected. I went to see the film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen this afternoon based on the brilliant 2006 book by Paul Torday.Isn't that an image we'd rather have in our mind's eye than a tank at a crossroads somewhere in Fallujah ? The formula successfully diluted the book’s central message of having faith and following your dream, but acknowledges that dreams can be shattered. And why you should always remain aware of each of them in relation to yourself, your partner(s), and your wider world. And in the midst of this human drama, where the Prime Minister and his cohorts provide the comic relief, the story moves to its unexpected climax.