The SwimmerThe definitive biography of Roger Deakin, beloved author of the cult classic Waterlog. Roger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog and Wildwood, was a man of many parts: maverick ad man, cider maker, teacher, environmentalist, music promoter, and filmmaker. But, above all, he was the restorer of ancient Walnut Tree Farm in Suffolk, the heartland where he wrote about all natural life with rare attention, intimacy, precision, and poetry. Roger Deakin