The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin by Patrick Barkham Groundswell Speaker 2024

The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin by Patrick Barkham Groundswell Speaker 2024The definitive biography of beloved author, Roger Deakin. Roger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog and Wildwood, was a man of unusually many parts. A born writer who nonetheless took decades to write his first book, Roger was also variously and sometimes simultaneously maverick ad man, seller of stripped pine furniture on the Portobello Road, cider maker, teacher, environmentalist, music promoter, and filmmaker. But above all he was the restorer

THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING

The youngest child of many siblings - more than she cares to remember - from earliest childhood she has attended to their every desire

and top corner of the front free end paper has been folded back because a production fault has not squared it (see picture)

PaperbackPublication: 19 May 2020

Aubergines

This book is a tribute to all the sheep he has reared and sheared - from gregarious Action Ram to sweet Maid Marion

But whose fault is it really

and their affection blossoms into desire

the tattooed Maori skulls collected as 'art objects' by Europeans

and this intimate

Recipe and chapter introductions give valuable information about how local dishes are prepared and served

when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt