The owner of the bookshop in wigtown, scotlands largest. The diary of a bookseller is shaun bythells funny and fascinating memoir of a year in the life at the helm of the bookshop, in the small village of wigtown, scotlandand 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. Alan taylor times literary supplement so sardonically funny it could be designed to deromance the book trade the times i was delightedly reading and i thoroughly recommend to you a book i was given. Several weeks ago i travelled to a secondhand bookstore out of town to sell several pretty much brand.
These are the experiences of shaun bythell, a bookseller in wigtown in beautiful scotland, in diary format. Buy the diary of a bookseller unabridged audiobook by shaun bythell isbn. The diary of a bookseller by shaun bythell, 9781781258620, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The diary of a bookseller hits american bookstores on september 4th. You have plain jane cover, embossed covers, embossed covers with metallic coloring, title smaller than name of author, mostly known authors or title larger with name of auth. This is a list of fictional diaries categorized by type, including fictional works in diary form, diaries appearing in fictional works, and hoax diaries the first category, fictional works in diary form, lists.
Buy the diary of a bookseller 01 by bythell, shaun isbn. Dec 06, 2017 shaun bythell, author of diary of a bookseller, reads an extract. This is a list of advantages that ive personally experienced for myself. Buy books online, new and used online bookstore from alibris. The mail on sunday peopled with fascinating characters a sarcastic reminder of the struggles of small business ownership, the importance of community and the frustration. In 2001, after having difficulty settling on a career he enjoyed, shaun bought the book.
Dear diary, im so upset i dont even know where to begin. To start off, i think i completely failed my geometry quiz, which i know i shouldve studied more for. And indeed, according to shaun bythell, a yearround bookseller in the same town, its deeply romantic work. Oct 05, 2017 buy the diary of a bookseller unabridged audiobook by shaun bythell isbn. In the meantime, to keep you going till then, you can listen to the bookshops house band singing some tunesome anti amazon ditties, check out shauns kindle repair tips, or read a brief sample of the book below.
But diarys unveiling was a little bland, the characters were missing. Product specification author shaun bythell isbn 9781781258637 format paperback, publisher. The diary of a bookseller soon to be a major tv series introduced us to the. The diary of a bookseller paperback edition by shaun bythell. Dec 24, 2017 the diary of a bookseller gives an account of the social, cultural, and financial consequences, but it is in bythells portraiture of the shops clientele that the memoir finds its heart. In 2001, after having difficulty settling on a career he enjoyed, shaun bought the book shop in his home town of wigtown, in the galloway region of scotland. The paper used for the pages is often thinner and of lesser quality than trade editions. Paperback book club editions are often a little larger than the trade paperbacks. Paperbacks are perfect bound and come in many sizes and configurations. Forty five paradises of the printed word alex johnson 4. The diary of a bookseller by shaun bythell paperback. I became used to shauns manner of writing, seemed a bit dead pan and sarcastic at first, but the more. Ive made a point to tell this every one of my friends that think there is no feel in reading ebooks. Shaun bythell, author of diary of a bookseller, reads an extract.
Over the course of the year 2014, bythell keeps a diary of daily. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. Mail on sunday utterly compelling and bythell has a bennettlike eye for the amusing eccentricities of ordinary people. Wry, irreverent, cantankerous and frequently laughoutloud hilarious, the diary of a bookseller profile, september is the most entertaining book in diary form since nina stibbes love. Discover these popular fiction titles and much more. Best diary novels score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. They are whats stocked in most common brickandmortar retail bookstores, the bestsellers on online booksellers, and the volumes found in public lending libraries. The diary of a bookseller by shaun bythell, paperback. Anthony mcgowan the diary of a bookseller is warm unlike bythells freezingcold shop and funny, and deserves to become one of those bestsellers that irritate him so much. When not working amongst the bookshops mile of shelving, shauns.
It it not easy to write a book in the diary format without falling into the trap of repeating yourself. You have plain jane cover, embossed covers, embossed covers with metallic coloring, title smaller than name of. But diary s unveiling was a little bland, the characters were missing personality, and there was next to no humor. Scotlands largest secondhand book shop, imaginatively named the book shop, sits in the little town of wigtown, and is owned by shaun bythell, who demonstrated not much of a head for.
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