Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Paul Torday

Born: August 1, 1946
Died: December 18, 2013 (aged 67)
Bio: Paul Torday was a British writer and the author of the comic novel, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The book was the winner of the 2007 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing and was serialised on BBC Radio 4. It won the Waverton Good Read Award in 2008.
Known for:
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2007)
- The Girl on the Landing (2009)
- Light Shining in the Forest (2013)
- The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce (2008)
- The Hopeless Life Of Charlie Summers (2010)






