Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Author:Paul Torday Why does Dr. Alfred Jones feel as though something is missing in his life? He has many reasons to be content. His job as a fisheries scientist is satisfactory, and he has just celebrated his 20th wedding anniversary. When he is asked to help create a salmon river in the highlands of the Yemen, Fred rejects the idea as absurd. But the proposal ca... more »tches the eye of several senior British politicians. And so Fred finds himself forced to figure out how to fly 10,000 salmon to a desert country - and persuade them to swim there... As he embarks on an extraordinary journey of faith the diffident Dr. Jones will discover a sense of belief and a capacity for love that surprise himself and all who know him.« less