{"product_id":"mark-wormald-the-catch-2022-hardback","title":"Mark Wormald: The Catch [2022] hardback","description":"\u003cb\u003e'An absolute gem . . . I was delightfully lost by the river throughout'\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Whitehouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Marvellous . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Catch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e leaves both its writer and its reader wonderfully \"lost in water\"' \u003c\/b\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Penetrating and poetic, filled with honeyed prose and thoughtful criticism' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant blend of memoir and biography, \u003ci\u003eThe Catch \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunning meditation on poetry and nature, and a quiet reflection on what it means to be a father and a son.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is in the midst of a swirling river, casting a line, that Mark Wormald meets Ted Hughes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe stands where the poet stood, forty years ago, because fishing was Ted Hughes's way of breathing - and because the poet's writing has made Mark understand that it has always been his way of breathing, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing Hughes's poetry collection \u003ci\u003eRiver\u003c\/i\u003e and his fishing diaries as a guide, Mark returns again and again to the rivers and lakes in Britain and Ireland where the poet fished. At times, he uses Ted's fly patterns; at others his rods. It is an obsession; a fundamental connection to nature; a thrilling wildness; an elemental pursuit. But it is also a release and a consolation, as Mark fishes after the sudden death of his mother and during the slow fading of his father.","brand":"Wormald, Mark","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49894699794771,"sku":"9781526644244","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49894699827539,"sku":"XV81526644244","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/wormald-mark-mark-wormald-the-catch-2022-hardback-60294733431123.jpg?v=1733378708","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/mark-wormald-the-catch-2022-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}