The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin by Patrick Barkham Groundswell Speaker 2024 the tattooed Maori skulls collected

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PaperbackPublication: 19 May 2020

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THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING

The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin by Patrick Barkham Groundswell Speaker 2024 the tattooed Maori skulls collectedThe 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