Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
Shaun Bythell
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Hardback
h184 x 120mm - 144pg
5 Nov 2020 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781788166584
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Everyone knows who you find in bookshops: people who want to buy books. But, as Shaun Bythell, author of the bestselling Diary of a Bookseller and Confessions of a Bookseller, reveals, that' s really only half the story. Join Shaun as he introduces us to seven bookshop characters, from the Person Who Doesn' t Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover) to the harried Parents Secretly After Free Childcare and all the way over to the erotica section, where we' ll meet The Person Who Is Up to No Good. Affectionate, sardonic and laugh-out-loud funny, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops is your indispensable guide to the flora and fauna of your local bookshop.
Bythell has a good ear for the absurd and a mundane telemarketing call becomes comedy gold . . . For all Bythell' s self-flagellation, he comes across as a generous, largely genial figure. It is hard to go for more than a few pages without finding him cooking for staying guests or drinking with friendsuntil the small hours. * The Times * All the ingredients for a gentle human comedy are here, as soothing as a bag of boiled sweets and just as tempting to dip into. * Literary Review * Written with caustic wit. . . a diverting and congenial read. * Bookmunch *
Shaun Bythell bought The Bookshop in Wigtown on 1 November 2001, and has been running it ever since with an increasing passion for the business, matched only by a sense of despair for its future, and an ill-humour inspired by almost two decades of dealing with confused customers and surly staff. His internationally-bestselling books The Diary of a Bookseller and Confessions of a Bookseller have been translated into over twenty languages, including Russian, Korean and French.
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ISBN-13: 9781788166584
Published: 5 Nov 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Profile Books
Publisher: Profile Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 184mm
Width: 120mm
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 191g
Pages: 144

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