I’ve just finished a great book, “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” by Paul Torday. What’s the relevance to the chemical industry. Nothing much really, only it has
• Middle East interest
• The unbridgeable gulf between techie experts and inept management
• Corporate and political scheming
• Fish
Other good books I’ve read recently with flimsy chemical connections:
• “Two Caravans” by Marina Lewycka (it’s got Central Europe, agriculture, passing references to ammonia)
• “Aberystwyth Mon Amour” by Malcolm Pryce (Wales, vice, Patagonia, guano).
Suggestions please for other great chemical novels…
Aberystwyth Mon Amour and its sequels are fantastic, clever bits of writing.
I've not tried salmon fishing in Yemen, but you can't beat the reel thing in Scotland. And not just salmon either. Try out the tope, one of the UK's shark species. I'm off up there the Saturday after EPCA. Where is it? http://www.seafishingscotland.co.uk
A must read for anyone associated with the oil and chemical industry is 'Crude' by Sonia Shah. A compelling read which gives an insight in the key issues surrounding the oil industry and little known facts about the industry and the big boys that operate in it. Great read ....and makes you worry about the world your children will inherit if you keep driving those SUVs......