Remainders of the Day
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Remainders of the Day More Diaries from the Bookshop, Wigtown

Shaun Bythell2022
The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland is a book lover’s paradise, with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the portly bookshop cat. You’d think that after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to his quirky customers by now. Don’t get him wrong, there are some good ones among the antiquarian porn-hunters, die-hard train book lovers, people who confuse bookshops for libraries, and the toddlers just looking for a nice cozy corner in which to wee. He’s sure there are some good ones. There must be . . . Filled with the pernickety warmth and humor that has touched readers around the world, stuffed with literary treasures, hidden gems, and incunabula, Remainders of the Day is a warm and welcome memoir of a life in books.
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Highlights

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The pleasure derived from collecting books is a pleasure that never palls; a joy for ever. Once a lover always a lover, is a true saying when applied to a lover of books.

Page 307

quote by R.M. Williamson, Bits from an Old Bookshop

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Every little knick-knack in a home twines itself around one's heart as one remembers some incident which connects it with the past.

Page 307

quote by R.M. Williamson, Bits from an Old Bookshop

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he has a curiosity that would have eliminated the whole of Scotland's cat population.

Page 250
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This time of year, with the lengthening days, is unquestionably my favourite.

Page 74
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Some people (so we're told) don't read. What unfulfilling lives they lead.

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