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A tale in rewind paul tordays sophomore novel after salmon fishing in the yemen. This story begins at the end with the thirtysomething. Despite its plainly evocative title in britain, the book came out with the almost comicsounding title the irresistible inheritance of wilberforce, wine proves to be more a prop than a useful. Tordays third book the girl on the landing was published in 2009. Late one summer evening, wilberforce rich, young, and workobsessed makes a detour on his way home to the vast undercroft of caerlyon hall, and the domain of francis black, a place where wine, hospitality and affection flow freely. The darkness in the irresistible inheritance swells from the extreme alcoholism of wilberforce, its narrator. Chronicling the vintage years of wilberforces life, the irresistible inheritance of wilberforce is a dazzling, haunting story of obsession and addiction, of loyalty and. This is the sequel to the very successful salmon fishing in the yemen and is an engaging and quirky tale, told backwards, of the eponymous heros consumption of several bottles of claret each day and the consequences of drinking such large quantities of expensive french wine. His second novel is entitled the irresistible inheritance of wilberforce and is about a man who drinks himself to death. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Review of the irresistible inheritance of wilberforce. The irresistible inheritance of wilberforce quotes by paul torday. It also made me slightly depressed at some stages, especially at the beginning where everything is rather gloomy and you wonder where it will all end.
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