Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

Between its covers, a book can contain a whole world. And, at one time or another, the whole world comes to a bookshop — so step inside to find : The Conspiracy Theorist, The Exhausted Parents, The Whistler, The Dark Artist, The Loiterer without Intent, The Craft Enthusiast, The Bore, And many more ...

In twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop, Wigtown, Shaun Bythell has met pretty much every kind of customer there is — from the charming, erudite and deep-pocketed to the eccentric, flatulent and possibly larcenous. In Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops he distils the essence of his experience into a warm, witty and quirky taxonomy of the book-loving public. So, step inside to meet the crafty Antiquarian, the shy and retiring Erotica Browser and gormless yet strangely likeable shop assistant Student Hugo — along with much loved bookseller favourites like the passionate Sci-Fi Fan, the voracious Railway Collector and the ever-elusive Perfect Customer.