Copies: Cloth not limited (500 1st printing), 50 leather

Extent: 112pp

Size: 200 x 135mm

Binding: Cloth, or full bound leather (in slipcase)

Illustrations: Black line illustrations

Limited number of signed cloth and leather copies available

Lizarralde

John Langridge

The Man Who Fished for Barbel

Based loosely on fact, Lizarralde follows the thoughts of a Spanish barbel angler as he fishes in 1954. The old man meanders through memories of his life during the Spanish Civil War - the imprisonment, the injustices, the suffering. Yet one constant throughout his life is the river - ‘that ran through the past and through the present . . . a place where pain was numbed and where he could find peace.’ Illustrated with line drawings by Paul Cook.

Lizarralde isn't really a fishing book . . . but those readers who have reached the seventh age . . . will understand why barbel kept the hero's spirit unbroken. - Andrew Herd, Waterlog

Lizarralde may not do anything to improve your barbel fishing, but its quiet beauty will have you reaching for the rods, and appreciating life itself, with new fervour. - Barbel Fisher