{"product_id":"the-catch-fishing-for-ted-hughes","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 Times 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. _______________  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":"TheBooks\u0026Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268402082085,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/1468\/0869\/files\/TheCatchFishingforTedHughes.webp?v=1777114957","url":"https:\/\/booksandco.pk\/products\/the-catch-fishing-for-ted-hughes","provider":"The Books \u0026 Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}