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Remainders of the Day: A Bookshop Diary
by Shaun Bythell
I read the other two in this series and was eagerly anticipating this one, which unfortunately landed with a thud. He's still barely solvent, but really is the unofficial mayor of Wigtown.
The interesting thing about this it's the first edition where we had real world context, the Brexit vote and Trump election, in which to place his adventures. I do love learning about various elements of Scottish culture and geography. I enjoyed his meetings with estates and others selling their books, although he could have been slightly less condescending about what they brought him. The other two were better edited, we really didn't need weekly mentions of a dog shitting on his stoop, Granny flipping him off or Sandy the Tattooed Pagan dropping off walking sticks. His boiler was broken, we didn't need to know Callum was there daily, and then he drops the marriage to Granny in the afterword.
For someone who so hates Amazon, he sure seemed surprised to be delisted by them.
Glad I read it, but wouldn't necessarily recommend it.
The interesting thing about this it's the first edition where we had real world context, the Brexit vote and Trump election, in which to place his adventures. I do love learning about various elements of Scottish culture and geography. I enjoyed his meetings with estates and others selling their books, although he could have been slightly less condescending about what they brought him. The other two were better edited, we really didn't need weekly mentions of a dog shitting on his stoop, Granny flipping him off or Sandy the Tattooed Pagan dropping off walking sticks. His boiler was broken, we didn't need to know Callum was there daily, and then he drops the marriage to Granny in the afterword.
For someone who so hates Amazon, he sure seemed surprised to be delisted by them.
Glad I read it, but wouldn't necessarily recommend it.