The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin by Patrick Barkham Groundswell Speaker 2024 THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE

THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING

when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt

PaperbackPublication: 19 May 2020

This book is a tribute to all the sheep he has reared and sheared - from gregarious Action Ram to sweet Maid Marion

the tattooed Maori skulls collected as 'art objects' by Europeans

The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin by Patrick Barkham Groundswell Speaker 2024 THE FIRST NOVEL IN THEThe definitive biography of beloved author, Roger Deakin. Roger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog and Wildwood, was a man of unusually many parts. A born writer who nonetheless took decades to write his first book, Roger was also variously and sometimes simultaneously maverick ad man, seller of stripped pine furniture on the Portobello Road, cider maker, teacher, environmentalist, music promoter, and filmmaker. But above all he was the restorer