Name: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores
ISBN: 9781468308938

Jennifer Campbell

This irresistible collection is proof positive that booksellers everywhere are heroes

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores

A North London bookshop clerk and blogger describes the inspiration she found in a Twitter question by John Cleese, sharing some of the more absurd exchanges she has overheard in her line of work, from whether or not Beatrix Potter ever wrote about dinosaurs to an inquiry about the edible nature of a book.

Monicap

Loved it. So great and funny, and a really quick read, too. Needed this.

Eilidh 

Everything from "Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?" to "Did Charles Dickens ever write anything fun?" Anyone who has ever worked in retail will nod knowingly at requests like "I’ve forgotten my glasses, can you read me the first chapter?" Or the absurdity of questions like "Excuse me . . . is this book edible?" Filled with fun and quirky illustrations by the award-winning Brothers McLeod and featuring contributions from booksellers across the United States and Canada, as well as the author's native UK, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores is a celebration of bookstores, large and small, and of the brilliant booksellers who toil in those literary fields, as well as the myriad of colorful characters that walk through the doors everyday. This irresistible collection is proof positive that booksellers everywhere are heroes.

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores

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