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The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, Bk 1)
The Diary of a Bookseller - Diary of a Bookseller, Bk 1 Author:Shaun Bythell The Diary of a Bookseller is Shaun Bythell's funny and fascinating memoir of a year in the life at the helm of The Bookshop, in the small village of Wigtown, Scotland - and of the delightfully odd locals, unusual staff, eccentric customers, and surreal buying trips that make up his life there as he struggles to build his business . ... more ». . and be polite . . .
In this wry and hilarious diary, he tells us the trials and tribulations of being a small businessman; of learning that customers can be, um, eccentric; and of wrangling with his own staff of oddballs. And perhaps none are quirkier than the charmingly cantankerous bookseller Bythell himself turns out to be.
Slowly, with a mordant wit and keen eye, Bythell is seduced by the growing charm of small-town life, despite - or maybe because of - all the peculiar characters there.« less
Debbie D. (debbiemd) reviewed The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, Bk 1) on
Utterly charming and funny. A day by day diary of being a bookseller at Scotland's largest used book store. Made me want to be a bookseller. Made me want to go to Wigtown, Scotland.