David Profumo

About The Author

David Profumo studied English at Magdalen College, Oxford, and King's College, London, and was a teacher before becoming a freelance writer. His work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines here and abroad, from the Wall Street Journal to The Newsletter of the Kiribati and Tuvalu Philatelic Society. The author of two novels, he was awarded the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1989, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1995. He has been Fishing Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph and Country Life, and lives in Perthshire. 

Books by David Profumo

The Lightning Thread

Fishological Moments and The Pursuit of Paradise

By David Profumo
From award winning novelist and journalist David Profumo comes a dazzling work about the restorative power of nature and finding joy in simple pleasures.  'David Profumo has fished everywhere man and boy, and come back with his creel crammed with adventures and misadventures - a memoir for every ...
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