Trawler. Redmond O'Hanlon

[StugeronSteve]

Trawler. Redmond O\'Hanlon

Easy read, with some interesting glimpses of the psychology of life on a deep sea fishing boat and fascinating stuff about the weird creatures that come up in the nets.

 

[ParaHandy]

Re: Trawler. Redmond O\'Hanlon

it is a good book. it started badly, i thought, because his reason for being on the boat was barely credible (pal in scottish fisheries protection i think?) but once he got going, it was fascinating. the skipper's financial problems, catching fish nobody but the spanish would eat from extraordinary depths ...

 

[StugeronSteve]

Re: Trawler. Redmond O\'Hanlon

Full agreement about the annoyingly contrived start. IIRC, the "pal" was a phd student, based at the marine lab in Aberdeen. As did the whole business about wanting to be out in a hurricane, but I suppose the publisher would consider that it all added wider interest to the book. My copy got good and wet over the bank holiday, which added a certain authenticity.