{"product_id":"9781526644213","title":"The Catch : Fishing for Ted Hughes","description":"\u003cp\u003e`An absolute gem . . . I was delightfully lost by the river throughout' Paul Whitehouse`Marvellous . . . The Catch leaves both its writer and its reader wonderfully \"lost in water\"' Robert Macfarlane`Penetrating and poetic, filled with honeyed prose and thoughtful criticism' The TimesA 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.   _______________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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55732500791672,"sku":"9781526644213","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781526644213.jpg?v=1794288968","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781526644213","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}