TY - JOUR AB - IN 1972 I wrote a piece ‘in the cool of an August midday’ concerning the dog‐days of my boyhood. It was mostly about blazing heatwaves and eggs being fried on the pavement. I also mentioned a freebooting trawler skipper, Dod Orsborne, who instead of following the prescribed course for the Icelandic fishing grounds, did an about‐turn and headed for the sunshine and, ultimately, eighteen months in gaol. VL - 80 IS - 8 SN - 0307-4803 DO - 10.1108/eb038447 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038447 AU - SHALLOW ROBERT PY - 1979 Y1 - 1979/01/01 TI - The Shallow end T2 - New Library World PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 158 EP - 158 Y2 - 2024/09/20 ER -