title: The Catfish As Metaphor: A Fisherman's American Journey
author:  M.H. Salmon 
description: <I>The Catfish as Metaphor</I> is a maverick, richly textured memoir of fishing, wandering, and life. -- <i>Nick Lyons</i><br /><br />Simply the best book on fishing and what-it-all-means that I've read in a long time...immensely moving and a joy to read...and it's about catfish. -- <i>Stephen Bodio</i>
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  Also by Sherrilyn Kenyon
  
  
  The Dark-Hunters, Volume 1
  
  
  The Dark-Hunters, Volume 2
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events
  portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are
  used fictitiously.
  
  INFINITY. Copyright © 2010 by Sherrilyn Kenyon. All rights reserved. Printed
  in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin's Press,
  175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y 10010.
  
  [www.stmartins.com ](http://www.stmartins.com)
  
  
  CHAPTER 1
  
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  I am a socially awkward mandork."
  
  "Nicholas Ambrosius Gautier! You watch your language!"
  
  Nick sighed at his mother's sharp tone as he stood in their tiny kitchen
  looking down at the bright orange Hawaiian shirt. The color and style were bad
  enough. The fact it was covered in l-a-r-g-e pink, gray, and white trout (or
  were they salmon?) was even worse. "Mom, I can't wear this to school. It's
  ..."—he paused to th