Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

by Shaun Bythell

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567926924
• ISBN13: 9781567926927
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.6" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

a peek behind the shelves in a book shop

Short enough to read in one sitting, interesting enough to read more than once. Makes me want to go to a bookshop and people watch.