Ewan McGregor is shown in an adaptation of Paul Torday's "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen." THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, CBS Films
December 19, 2013 - 10:31 AM
LONDON - Publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson says British novelist Paul Torday, who had a surprise bestseller with his debut novel "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," has died at age 67.
The publisher said Thursday that Torday died at home in Northumberland a day earlier, surrounded by his family. It did not provide a cause of death.
Torday launched his writing career in his late fifties, publishing "Salmon Fishing on the Yemen" in 2007 — the story of a rich sheik who dreams of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to his desert country.
The novel was adapted into a 2011 film starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.
He is survived by his wife Penelope, his ex-wife Jane, sons Piers and Nicholas and stepsons Jonathan and Charles.
News from © The Associated Press, 2013