Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
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)






