THE CATCH: FISHING FOR TED HUGHES. By Mark Wormald.

Wormald (Mark). Ted Hughes.

ISBN 10: 152664424X / ISBN 13: 9781526644244

Published by Bloomsbury Circus. London. 2022, 2022

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2022). 2022 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppvi,323,ii. Not illustrated. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy of the first printing in slightly marked dust-wrapper. "Using Hughes's poetry collection 'River' 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. A brilliant blend of memoir and biography, 'The Catch' is a stunning meditation on poetry and nature, and a quiet reflection on what it means to be a father and a son." .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE CATCH: FISHING FOR TED HUGHES. By Mark Wormald.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus. London. 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 152664424X
• ISBN 13: 9781526644244
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis

It is in the midst of a swirling river, casting a line, that Mark Wormald meets Ted Hughes.

He 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.

Using Hughes's poetry collection River 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.

A brilliant blend of memoir and biography, The Catch is a stunning meditation on poetry and nature, and a quiet reflection on what it means to be a father and a son.