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A review by sfletcher26
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
3.0
This book about books and book shops and was for me an absolute Goldilocks book. Neither too highbrow nor too low either it was infact just right.
Having been on holiday when I got it I wanted something light and something I could just dip in and out of as time allowed and for that it was perfect. Bythell's book is an easy read and his anecdotes of a year in his life are informative, acerbic and entertaining in equal measure.
I don't doubt that the irony in years to come of selling second-hand copies of his own book in his shop won't be lost on him.
Having been on holiday when I got it I wanted something light and something I could just dip in and out of as time allowed and for that it was perfect. Bythell's book is an easy read and his anecdotes of a year in his life are informative, acerbic and entertaining in equal measure.
I don't doubt that the irony in years to come of selling second-hand copies of his own book in his shop won't be lost on him.