Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire

Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

Oliver Darkshire

244 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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Welcome to Sotheran's, one of the oldest bookshops in the world, with its weird and wonderful clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabelled keys, poisoned books and some things that aren't even books, presided over by one deeplyeccentric apprentice....

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Moods

funny 89%
lighthearted 81%
informative 62%
reflective 30%
relaxing 28%
inspiring 12%
hopeful 11%
adventurous 9%
mysterious 5%
emotional 4%

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medium 53%
fast 31%
slow 15%

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