Praise for Shaun Bythell and his previous book, Confessions of a Bookseller "Something of Bythell's curmudgeonly charm may be glimpsed in the slogan he scribbles on his shop's blackboard: 'Avoid social interaction: always carry a book.'"-- Washington Post "Warm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny."-- Daily Mail "Bythell's wicked pen and keen eye for the absurd recall what comic Ricky Gervais might say if he ran a bookshop."-- The Wall Street Journal "Bythell is a skillful writer . he creates a full, appealing world populated with colorful characters. The Scottish landscape--geese flying over the salt marsh, the meandering river where he likes to fish--is gorgeous . an endearing and thoughtful book."-- Minneapolis Star Tribune "Among the most irascible and amusing bookseller memoirs I've ever read.

"--Dwight Garner, New York Times ".amusing and often cantankerous stories [that] bibliophiles will delight in, and occasionally wince at."-- Publishers Weekly "Bythell writes with biting humor . he is a man on a mission, and year seen through his eyes convinces the reader that is a mission worthy of undertaking."-- Chicago Tribune "An astute observer once remarked to Scottish bookseller Shaun Bythell that 'every industry has its porn.' For those who crave the specific 'filth' of literary voyeurism: Bythell's Confessions of a Bookseller is here to sate your appetites.An enveloping account from the front lines of an industry in flux."-- Foreword "Bythell remains an unwavering correspondent whose daily rambles reminds us of the joy in real bookshops.

"-- Fine Books & Collections Magazine "A bookseller in Wigtown, Scotland, recounts a year in his life as a small-town dealer of secondhand books.Irascibly droll and sometimes elegiac, this is an engaging account of bookstore life from the vanishing front lines of the brick-and-mortar retail industry. Bighearted, sobering, and humane."-- Kirkus Reviews.