Gone fishing /
by Mortimer, Bob; Whitehouse, Paul.
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BookPublisher: London : Blink, [2019]Description: 248 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781788701952 (hbk.) :; 178870195X (hbk.) :.Classification number: 799.1209 MORSubject(s): Mortimer, Bob -- Anecdotes | Whitehouse, Paul, 1958- -- Anecdotes | Fishing -- Anecdotes | Sport | SportSummary: Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have been friends for 30 years, but when life intervened, what was once a joyous and spontaneous friendship dwindled to the odd phone call or occasional catch up. Then they were both diagnosed with heart disease and realised that time is short. They'd better spend it fishing. So they dusted off their kits, chucked on their waders and ventured into the achingly beautiful British countryside to fish, rediscover the joys of their friendship and ruminate on some of life's most profound questions, such as: How did we get so old? Where are all the fish? What are your favourite pocket meats? What should we do if we find a corpse? Following the success of the BBC's 'Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing' series, this book by two lifelong friends is a love letter to the joys of angling, the thrill of the catch and the virtue of having a right daft laff with your mates.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Maghull Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 799.1209 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002965875X |
TV tie-in.
Includes bibliographical references.
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have been friends for 30 years, but when life intervened, what was once a joyous and spontaneous friendship dwindled to the odd phone call or occasional catch up. Then they were both diagnosed with heart disease and realised that time is short. They'd better spend it fishing. So they dusted off their kits, chucked on their waders and ventured into the achingly beautiful British countryside to fish, rediscover the joys of their friendship and ruminate on some of life's most profound questions, such as: How did we get so old? Where are all the fish? What are your favourite pocket meats? What should we do if we find a corpse? Following the success of the BBC's 'Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing' series, this book by two lifelong friends is a love letter to the joys of angling, the thrill of the catch and the virtue of having a right daft laff with your mates.
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