The Diary of a Bookseller
You may or may not be the kind of person that likes to spend his/her time inside a bookstore, but you will like to spend your reading time in this book. It is a diary, nothing more and nothing less, of a bookseller, a second hand bookseller. He loves what he does, in a small town in Scotland (Wigtown) specialised in books.
You will find here all his life, his normal person adventures, his clients, his passion, his family. And there is the bookstore, always and forever the central point of everything.
It's about the people that went through his life, meaning through his bookstore; it's about his way to be, to relate, to think and to act, difficulties and achievements, human interaction and hopes.
It's about the people that went through his life, meaning through his bookstore; it's about his way to be, to relate, to think and to act, difficulties and achievements, human interaction and hopes.
You will find sarcasm and open critics to human behaviours in his shop and an extreme love for what he does. It is not a novel, once again I must advise you: it's a diary and as such you will have to enjoy it. It is a peak into the life of the author. You will struggles and feel bonded with his life and decision, his hopes will be yours. The best is the 'money' count of how much he spent and how much he mad everyday. You will really really hope to see growing numbers, you will feel sad when he will record less than previous days... you will rejoice when the number skyrocket because of a fair.
The best thing, and that's why we loved this book, is that the book is so good that you will feel knowing them all, to be part of the world that surround is second hands bookstore. Enjoy it.
Good good work.
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