Book info

• Title Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
• Author Bob Mortimer
• Year 2019
• Genre Non-fiction

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 book 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 book for fans of Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse and for anyone who wants to read a brilliantly written and endlessly funny joint memoir on life, friendship and joys of fishing.

Thoughts

I listened to the audiobook of this, which was less of the pair reading out their book, and more of a podcast style chat between them. I’m assuming they cover the same info that is in the physical book but it’s definitely more of a conversation between friends, which was a lot of fun to listen to. I don’t care so much about the fishing part but even the bits where they’re talking about the actual passtime were still fun because the pair make such an entertaining partnership.

Rating: 4 / 5