The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin
Author: Barkham, Patrick
ISBN: 9780241471487
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2024
Pages: 400
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 26mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The definitive biography of Roger Deakin, beloved author of cult classic Waterlog
Roger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog and Wildwood, was a man of many parts- maverick ad-man, cider-maker, teacher, environmentalist, music promoter and filmmaker. But, above all, he was the restorer of ancient Walnut Tree Farm in Suffolk, the heartland where he wrote about all natural life - with rare attention, intimacy, precision and poetry.
Roger Deakin was unique, and so too is this joyful work of creative biography, told primarily in the words of the subject himself, with support from a chorus of friends, family, colleagues and lovers. Delving deep into Deakin's library of words, Patrick Barkham draws from notebooks, diaries, letters and recordings to conjure his voice back to glorious life in these pages.
ISBN: 9780241471487
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2024
Pages: 400
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 26mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The definitive biography of Roger Deakin, beloved author of cult classic Waterlog
Roger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog and Wildwood, was a man of many parts- maverick ad-man, cider-maker, teacher, environmentalist, music promoter and filmmaker. But, above all, he was the restorer of ancient Walnut Tree Farm in Suffolk, the heartland where he wrote about all natural life - with rare attention, intimacy, precision and poetry.
Roger Deakin was unique, and so too is this joyful work of creative biography, told primarily in the words of the subject himself, with support from a chorus of friends, family, colleagues and lovers. Delving deep into Deakin's library of words, Patrick Barkham draws from notebooks, diaries, letters and recordings to conjure his voice back to glorious life in these pages.
