
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
Shaun Bythell
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Description
A cantankerously funny view of books and the people who love them. It does take all kinds and through the misanthropic eyes of a very grumpy bookseller, we see them all--from the "Person Who Doesn't Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover)" to the "Parents Secretly After Free Childcare."
From behind the counter, Shaun Bythell catalogs the customers who roam his shop in Wigtown, Scotland. There's the Expert (divided into subspecies from the Bore to the Helpful Person), the Young Family (ranging from the Exhausted to the Aspirational), Occultists (from Conspiracy Theorist to Craft Woman).
Then there's the Loiterer (including the Erotica Browser and the Self-Published Author), the Bearded Pensioner (including the Lyrca Clad), and the The Not-So-Silent Traveller (the Whistler, Sniffer, Hummer, Farter, and Tutter). Two bonus sections include Staff and, finally, Perfect Customer--all add up to one of the funniest book about books you'll ever find.
Shaun Bythell (author of Confessions of a Bookseller) and his mordantly unique observational eye make this perfect for anyone who loves books and bookshops.
Product Details
Publisher | David R. Godine Publisher |
Publish Date | November 24, 2020 |
Pages | 128 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781567926927 |
Dimensions | 7.6 X 4.6 X 1.1 inches | 0.5 pounds |
About the Author
Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop, the largest second-hand bookshop in Scotland. He is the author of Confessions of a Bookseller, also published by Godine. Shaun lives in Wigtown, Scotland.
Reviews
Praise for Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
"Bythell continues his seriocomic take on his profession....he spares no one."
--Washington Post
"Virtuosic venting...misanthropy is tempered with bursts of sweetness in the secondhand bookseller's latest dispatches."
--The Guardian
"An inherently riveting, entertaining, and thought-provoking read from cover to cover."
--Midwest Book Review
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