Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

I enjoyed Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday.  A Yemeni Sheikh has the dream and the money to attempt to have salmon introduced to Yemen.  A British scientist, Fred Jones, is persuaded to provide the expertise to make it happen.  The story is told in an unusual style - diary entries, Hansard, interrogation transcripts, newspaper reports, and emails. Fred is married to a very ambitious woman, Mary, and that marriage becomes strained as Mary pursues her career and has little time to know about Fred's project.  The project manager, Harriet, has her own personal problems with her soldier fiance in Iraq.  Fred is gradually persuaded by the enthusiasm of the Sheikh and Harriet that the project may be feasible.  The Prime Minister's office is after a good news story after first disowning the project.  The reader begins to get a sense of how the story might end, particularly with the interrogation chapters.  Very clever writing. 4/5