Name: What's the best you can do?: First-hand Recollections of a Second-hand Bookseller (en Inglés)
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Author: Kennedy, Graham ; Rowlinson, Derek
ISBN: 9781910375709

portada What's the best you can do?: First-hand Recollections of a Second-hand Bookseller (en Inglés)

What's the best you can do?: First-hand Recollections of a Second-hand Bookseller (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Derek Rowlinson

Ilustrado por

Graham Kennedy

Editorial

Books Ulster

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

122

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.3 x 13.3 x 0.7 cm

Peso

0.14 kg.

ISBN13

9781910375709

Categorías

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What's the best you can do?: First-hand Recollections of a Second-hand Bookseller (en Inglés)

Derek Rowlinson (Autor) · Graham Kennedy (Ilustrado por) · Books Ulster · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "What's the best you can do?: First-hand Recollections of a Second-hand Bookseller (en Inglés)"

If you happen to harbour a vague romantic notion of some day opening your own second-hand bookshop where the artistic intelligentsia would congregate to discuss highbrow matters and engage in witty badinage, then perhaps you would do well to read "What's the best you can do?" first. It may not necessarily put you off the idea altogether, but it will certainly provide you with a sharp reality check. The book is an autobiographical account of a second-hand bookshop owner in Northern Ireland during the 1980s and 90s and is a combination of straight prose mixed with numerous anecdotes of a mainly humorous, but sometimes rather poignantly sad nature. Although set against the backdrop of 'The Troubles', it shows how life generally went on pretty much as normal in those times, and that the experience of the second-hand bookseller is essentially universal, irrespective of circumstances or location. These recollections provide an insight into the world of used bookselling whilst simultaneously entertaining with descriptions of the often inexplicable behaviour of various characters who came through the door. The rude, the mean, and the downright stupid all make an appearance, and the eccentric is never too far away either. Bizarre situations, silly questions, and the author's reaction to them, seriously threaten to have you chuckle out loud at times. A 'must' for book lovers.