Copies: Cloth not limited (1st printing 600) and 50 leather

Extent: 160pp

Size: 194 x 138mm

Binding: Cloth and leather

Illustrations: Black line illustrations

One for the Road

Donald MacIntosh

In the author's own words: 'This is not a book about the art of angling. Nor is it a book of the ‘Me and Joe’ genre which infested the book-stalls of my youth. I am not an angler of sufficient competence to be able to write with authority about the former, nor do I have any inclination to attempt the latter sort of book. This is a book about the fun I had with people in remote lands, people who would have been quite unable to tell the difference between a Greenwell’s Glory and a Welshman’s Button, but whose lives often depended on their ability to remove fish from the most unyielding of waters by fair means or foul. Usually foul.' Captivatingly illustrated by John Richardson.

'For thirty years [Donald] wandered around the Gulf of Guinea, more commonly known as the ‘White Man’s Grave’, as a tree prospector, botanist and surveyor, fishing where he could and collecting tales of characters like Magic Sperm and the Monkey Woman. Having read the majority of Donald’s output, I sometimes wonder how he managed to triumph over the appalling conditions he all too frequently found himself in, but having a sense of humour helped and this, above all else, shines out in his stories. One for the Road treats us to . . . sixteen tales, a couple of which have already appeared in Waterlog.' - Andrew Herd, Waterlog