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Among the most irascible and amusing bookseller memoirs I've every read. --Dwight Garner, THE NEW YORK TIMES Warm and funny, and deserves to become one of those bestsellers that irritate [Bythell] so much. --MAIL ON SUNDAY It is hysterical. Anything that anyone ever wanted to know about what a bookseller really thinks is in here. --Caitlin Luce Baker, University Bookstore Outspoken, hilarious and thought-provoking... It's the best inducement I've ever come across to set aside my occasional flirtation with e-readers, walk into a bookstore and get my hands on the real thing. --BOOKREPORTER Often hilarious... The Diary of a Bookseller is a charming mix of wacky characters and caustic diatribe, an ode to that perilous trade. --THE RECORD For anyone who has ever dreamed of owning a bookstore. Bythell's hilarious account will have those in the industry crying and those otherwise employed dropping their resume off at their local indie. --SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Excruciatingly funny. --BOOKLIST Makes for entertaining reading... he has a keen waggishness which makes his reflections funny and memorable and this book a hoot. --MEMPHIS FLYER Bythell writes with biting humor... Bythell is a man on a mission, and a year seen through his eyes convinces the reader that it is a mission worthy of undertaking. --CHICAGO TRIBUNE With wit and humility, Bythell, owner of a used bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland, chronicles a year in the life of a bookseller... Bythell's narrative is lively and intelligent. --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Sure to bring book lovers chuckles, nods of recognition and a surge of hope for bookshops everywhere. --SHELF AWARENESS A cheerfully depressing account of independent bookselling today -- deadpan, ruthless, poignant, and at times, so charing it's almost unbelievable... surprisingly touching. --QUARTZ Entertaining and dryly humorous... the book is fascinating. --MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE Warm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny...will stay long in the memory. --DAILY MAIL Wonderfully entertaining. --THE OBSERVER (London) Peopled with fascinating characters . . . laugh-out-loud funny. --SUNDAY HERALD

With wit and humility, Bythell, owner of a used bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland, chronicles a year in the life of a bookseller... Bythell's narrative is lively and intelligent. --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Sure to bring book lovers chuckles, nods of recognition and a surge of hope for bookshops everywhere. --SHELF AWARENESS A cheerfully depressing account of independent bookselling today -- deadpan, ruthless, poignant, and at times, so charing it's almost unbelievable... surprisingly touching. --QUARTZ Entertaining and dryly humorous... the book is fascinating. --MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE Warm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny...will stay long in the memory. --DAILY MAIL Wonderfully entertaining. --THE OBSERVER (London) Peopled with fascinating characters . . . laugh-out-loud funny. --SUNDAY HERALD Among the most irascible and amusing bookseller memoirs I've every read. --Dwight Garner, THE NEW YORK TIMES Warm and funny, and deserves to become one of those bestsellers that irritate [Bythell] so much. --MAIL ON SUNDAY It is hysterical. Anything that anyone ever wanted to know about what a bookseller really thinks is in here. --Caitlin Luce Baker, University Bookstore Outspoken, hilarious and thought-provoking... It's the best inducement I've ever come across to set aside my occasional flirtation with e-readers, walk into a bookstore and get my hands on the real thing. --BOOKREPORTER Often hilarious... The Diary of a Bookseller is a charming mix of wacky characters and caustic diatribe, an ode to that perilous trade. --THE RECORD For anyone who has ever dreamed of owning a bookstore. Bythell's hilarious account will have those in the industry crying and those otherwise employed dropping their resume off at their local indie. --SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Excruciatingly funny. --BOOKLIST Makes for entertaining reading... he has a keen waggishness which makes his reflections funny and memorable and this book a hoot. --MEMPHIS FLYER Bythell writes with biting humor... Bythell is a man on a mission, and a year seen through his eyes convinces the reader that it is a mission worthy of undertaking. --CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Among the most irascible and amusing bookseller memoirs I've ever read. --Dwight Garner, THE NEW YORK TIMES For anyone who has ever dreamed of owning a bookstore. Bythell's hilarious account will have those in the industry crying and those otherwise employed dropping their resume off at their local indie. --THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Bythell writes with biting humor . . . [He] is a man on a mission, and a year seen through his eyes convinces the reader that it is a mission worthy of undertaking. --THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Warm and funny, and deserves to become one of those bestsellers that irritate [Bythell] so much. --THE MAIL ON SUNDAY Entertaining and dryly humorous . . . the book is fascinating. --THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE With wit and humility, Bythell, owner of a used bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland, chronicles a year in the life of a bookseller . . . Bythell's narrative is lively and intelligent. --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Sure to bring book lovers chuckles, nods of recognition and a surge of hope for bookshops everywhere. --SHELF AWARENESS Excruciatingly funny. --BOOKLIST Makes for entertaining reading . . . he has a keen waggishness which makes his reflections funny and memorable and this book a hoot. --THE MEMPHIS FLYER A cheerfully depressing account of independent bookselling today--deadpan, ruthless, poignant, and at times, so charming it's almost unbelievable . . . surprisingly touching. --QUARTZ Warm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny...will stay long in the memory. --THE DAILY MAIL Wonderfully entertaining. --THE OBSERVER (London) Peopled with fascinating characters . . . laugh-out-loud funny. --THE SUNDAY HERALD It is hysterical. Anything that anyone ever wanted to know about what a bookseller really thinks is in here. --Caitlin Luce Baker, University Bookstore Outspoken, hilarious and thought-provoking . . . It's the best inducement I've ever come across to set aside my occasional flirtation with e-readers, walk into a bookstore and get my hands on the real thing. --BOOKREPORTER Often hilarious . . . The Diary of a Bookseller is a charming mix of wacky characters and caustic diatribe, an ode to that perilous trade. --THE RECORD

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Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. The Diary of a Bookseller is his first book.

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