{"product_id":"diary-of-a-bookseller","title":"Diary of a Bookseller","description":"\u003cb\u003eA WRY AND HILARIOUS ACCOUNT OF LIFE AT A BOOKSHOP IN A REMOTE SCOTTISH VILLAGE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAmong the most irascible and amusing bookseller memoirs I've read. \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eDwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWarm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny... \u003ci\u003e--The Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Diary of a Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e is Shaun Bythell's funny and fascinating memoir of a year in the life at the helm of The Bookshop, in the small village of Wigtown, Scotland--and of the delightfully odd locals, unusual staff, eccentric customers, and surreal buying trips that make up his life there as he struggles to build his business . . . and be polite . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this wry and hilarious diary, he tells us the trials and tribulations of being a small businessman; of learning that customers can be, um, eccentric; and of wrangling with his own staff of oddballs. And perhaps none are quirkier than the charmingly cantankerous bookseller Bythell himself turns out to be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Slowly, with a mordant wit and keen eye, Bythell is seduced by the growing charm of small-town life, despite--or maybe because of--all the peculiar characters there.","brand":"Shaun Bythell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40589134495911,"sku":"9781612198163","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0356\/3906\/6759\/products\/9781612198163-us.jpg?v=1625604047","url":"https:\/\/littleprofessorbookshop.com\/products\/diary-of-a-bookseller","provider":"Little Professor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}