Derek Rowlinson

This is an autobiographical collection of anecdotes about the life of a bookseller that provides the reader with many unexpected insights into the book-dealing world. Some of the author’s reminiscences will have you laughing out loud and some will bring a lump to your throat and tears to your eyes. Some of his descriptions of his customers are so entertaining, the rude, the thoughtless, the eccentrics and the tightwads all get a mention, as do the kind and considerate. His bookshop was in Northern Ireland, during the Troubles, and it was a bomb that bought to an end Rowlinson’s bookstore enterprise. He explains how this event led to him becoming an online dealer and his thoughts on this manner of selling books. This little book is a must for lovers of ‘books about books’ and for those interested in the world of second-hand book selling. It will always have a home on my bookshelves.… (plus d'informations)