Cold Fish Soup

I do like it when somebody sets out to write a book and they lose all control to the book itself, Farrer is commissioned to write about a small Seaside town that is slowly losing it’s battle with the sea and ends up writing a love story about said town, after baring his soul to the reader. The book......more

I was bought a copy of Cold Fish Soup by a friend who told me I absolutely must read it, but I decided to listen to it on audio instead. And I'm so pleased that I did. Adam Farrer narrates Cold Fish Soup himself, which, for me, added so much more of an impact to this emotional book. It starts off wit......more

Cold Fish Soup is part memoir, part love letter to the small coastal town of Withernsea in Yorkshire. I don't read much non-fiction, but Cold Fish Soup is exactly the kind of non-fiction I like, where I'm taken on a journey into someone's thoughts and memories, creating a vivid picture of everything......more

This was so good! My bookclub has invited the author to come and talk about it and I’m so looking forward to it. It is really well-written, laugh out loud in places (and that happens less often than I’d like) whilst also being indescribably sad in others. It is essentially an exploration of Adam’s l......more

Cold Fish Soup, by Adam Farrer, is a love letter to Withernsea, a small town on the north-east coast that’s seen better days and is quite literally falling into the sea. As well as Withernsea’s landmarks, recent history, and residents of note, he delves into the paranormal, the deceptive allure of t......more