Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. The result is a maverick work of observation and imagination, a uniquely personal view of an island race and a people with a deep, instinctive affinity for water.
'I jumped in with both feet and wanted to stay for more'
Griff Rhys Jones
'A simply wonderful book ... the perfect union of writer and subject ... a delightfully eccentric masterpiece; no poolside or
riverbank should be without it'
Mail on Sunday
'A
wonderful and romantic tale told by a true English eccentric ... think
Ratty, think Mole, think three men falling out of a boat ... enchanting'
Financial Times
'Erudite, funky and
passionate, a total delight'
Independent on Sunday
'Highly entertaining ...
Waterlog is a book about a cold, wet
subject written with a warmth and passion it surely deserves, but
has rarely had before'
Guardian
£7.99 Paperback
ISBN 0099282550
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