The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin

by Patrick Barkham

Roger Deakin is best known for his modern classic of nature writing, Waterlog , which frog-kicked the wild swimming movement into existence with wit, politics and poetry. But he was not simply a dazzling writer and eccentric Englishman. He took his counterculture to the countryside in the 1970s and rebuilt a 16th century farmhouse from its oak beams up. He turned to self-sufficiency, teaching and environmentalism. He became a music impresario and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0241471478
• ISBN13: 9780241471470
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.4"