The Catch Fishing for Ted Hughes

The Catch is a unique blend of nature writing, biography, and literary detective work. Mark Wormald follows the riverbanks and fishing haunts of the iconic poet Ted Hughes, using the art of angling as a lens to explore Hughes’s life, poetry, and relationship with the natural world. Part memoir and part tribute, the book captures the "time-slipping" experience of standing in the same waters as a literary giant, offering a moving meditation on patience, memory, and the elusive nature of creative inspiration.