- Published: 1 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781409020899
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 304
The Longest Silence
A Life In Fishing
Formats & editions
- Published: 1 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781409020899
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 304
Few are the works of literature which can successfully capture the essence of a sport. With this soulful and reflective work, much-lauded American novelist, Thomas McGuane has surely created a modern classic
Scotland on Sunday
It's a meaty book and an uplifting one, dazzlingly well-written. Just as I'd be a proud angler if I could catch specimens half as big as his 25lb sea trout from the Rio Grande, so I'd be a proud man if I could write a book half as good as this
Financial Times
We'd all rather be fishing than doing anything else. But if you can't do it, then reading about it is the next best thing. The Longest Silence is one of the best fishing trips I've had this year
Jeremy Paxman, Daily Telegraph
Writing to die for
Dailiy Mail