Blood Knots, Paperback/Luke Jennings

Paperback edition of Jennings' dark and dramatic memoir of an angler's life, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Jennings, a critic for the Observer, describes his childhood angling adventures in 1960s Sussex, and how he was taught by a young intelligence officer who was later tortured and killed by the IRA. 'Jennings weaves a net to mesh human struggle to the peace of the riverbank.' Guardian