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Confessions of a Bookseller

By: Shaun Bythell
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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 "Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?"

Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms.

Unfortunately, Shaun also has to contend with bizarre requests from people who don't understand what a shop is, home invasions during the Wigtown Book Festival and Granny, his neurotic Italian assistant who likes digging for river mud to make poultices.

The Diary of a Bookseller (soon to be a major TV series) introduced us to the joys and frustrations of life lived in books. Sardonic and sympathetic in equal measure, Confessions of a Bookseller will reunite readers with the characters they've come to know and love.©2019 Shaun Bythell (P)2019 Hachette Audio UK Witty Scotland
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loved it! unexpectedly endearing and heartfelt. I'm looking forward to a follow up, keep writing.

Loved it!

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The Diary of a Bookseller is far superior to Confessions, which is like a reworded Diary. The narration at start was almost like whispered gossip tones in local tea shop.
Alas… unimpressed by Peter Kenny and Shaun Bythell.

Reworded diary… really

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Second book I have read by Shaun. I can live vicariously in his lovely Scottish bookstore through his wonderful writing. Interesting, funny, educational and work a read! - Australia .

Thoroughly enjoyable

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