The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the Delight of Not Getting What You Wanted by Mark Forsyth

The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the Delight of Not Getting What You Wanted

Mark Forsyth

23 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Description

A brilliantly funny and clever exploration of why it's only in a bookshop that you'll find something you never knew you wanted to read, from the author of The Etymologicon, The Horologicon and The Elements of Eloquence

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inspiring 85%
funny 71%
informative 57%
lighthearted 57%
reflective 57%
challenging 14%
hopeful 14%
relaxing 14%

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