Paperback edition of Jennings' dark and dramatic memoir of an angler's life, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Jennings, a critic for the Observer, describes his childhood angling adventures in 1960s Sussex, and how he was taught by a young intelligence officer who was later tortured and killed by the IRA. 'Jennings weaves a net to mesh human struggle to the peace of the riverbank.' Guardian