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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

By: Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse
Narrated by: Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse
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ONE OF THE BEST AUDIOBOOKS OF 2019 - The Guardian

Join these two comedy greats and lifelong friends on their journey from recuperation to riverbank in this hilarious and heart-warming audiobook that gives you a front-row seat at an exclusive Bob and Paul production.
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have been friends for 30 years, but when life intervened, what was once a joyous and spontaneous friendship dwindled to the odd phone call or occasional catch up. Then, Glory Be! They were both diagnosed with heart disease and realised that time is short. They'd better spend it fishing . . .

So they dusted off their kits, chucked on their waders and ventured into the achingly beautiful British countryside to fish, rediscover the joys of their friendship and ruminate on some of life's most profound questions, such as: How did we get so old? Where are all the fish? What are your favourite pocket meats? What should we do if we find a corpse?

Following the success of the BBC's Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing series, this wonderful audiobook by two lifelong friends is a love letter to the joys of angling, the thrill of the catch and the virtue of having a right daft laff with your mates. On the fish, the equipment, the food, and the locations, Gone Fishing is the perfect audiobook for fans of Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse and for anyone who wants to listen to a brilliantly written and endlessly funny joint memoir on life, friendship and joys of fishing.

AUDIO EDITION INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE FISHING TRIP WITH BOB AND PAUL. Entertainment & Celebrities Fishing Hunting & Fishing Outdoors & Nature Funny Witty Feel-Good Heartfelt Celebrity Thought-Provoking Inspiring
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Mortimer and Whitehouse natter away in the most enjoyable, natural way, with plenty of off-page asides and affectionate nitpicking (Sian Cain)

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I hadn’t seen the television series when I started listening to this audiobook, though now intend to catch up on it. There’s something relaxing and absorbing about the laidback but informed dialogue between the two, even if - like me - you’re not a fishing enthusiast. Some of the book is effectively memoir - for me, this was the strongest part - detailing the pair’s multiple, and very serious, health problems, which led them to make the programmes as a way of promoting the ‘healthy heart’ message to viewers, and now to listeners. It works so well partly because Bob Mortimer is a relative novice, or was before the show began, while Paul Whitehouse is a veteran angler. That means it’s accessible to all, even to those with no real interest in fishing; but it would be hard to finish the book and not feel like at least giving it a go. The book is largely dialogue, much of it with an ad lib feel. Towards the end, the level of technical detail about fishing does increase, and I found these segments a little less satisfying; but overall it’s unusual, nicely balanced, funny and well worth a listen.

Hook, line and sinker

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Amazing and so funny, refuelled my passion for fishing... and a pie and pint!
love these old fellas.

fantastic

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It's everything that is great about the show and more. And here's a sentence to allow me to submit my review (you need 15 words min).

Loved it. Re-listening now.

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I could listen to them read the phone book, all day, so enjoyable, I want to go to a nice pub with them now!

could listen to them reading the phone book

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This is a lovely mix of genuinely interesting and well-written chapters on fishing, cooking, and growing old, and of candid and hilarious conversations between Bob and Paul of the kind we've become accustomed to during the series. A delight to listen to, they feel like comfortable old friends in your living room.

I gather for serious anglers, this can feel shallow and irreverent, but for the rest of us, this is just the right amount of information, with lots of laughs.

An Absolute Joy

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