Oliver Darkshire Once Upon a Tome : The misadventures of a rare bookseller Paperback

Peculiarly hilarious! William GibsonEvery page is a pleasure Lindsey FItzharrisUtterly charming Tom HollandLaughoutloud Garth NixA must read Fergus ButlerGallieBrims with selfeffacing charm Caitlin DoughtyUnfortunately I have mislaid the book in question Neil GaimanWelcome to Sotherans, one of the oldest bookshops in the world, with its weird and wonderful clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabelled keys, poisoned books and some things that arent even books, presided over by one deeply eccentric apprentice. Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackville Street (est. 1761) to interview for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a managementapproved afternoon nap, he was soon balancing teetering stacks of first editions, fending off nonagenarian widows and trying not to upset the stores resident ghost (the late Mr Sotheran, hit by a tram).Darkshire came to love Sotherans, not just for its illustrious history (or for producing the most cursed book of all time), but also its joyous disorganization and the unspoken rules of its gleefully oldfashioned staff, whose mere glance may cause a computer to burst into flames. By turns unhinged and earnestly dogeared, Once Upon a Tome is the rather colourful story of life in one of the worlds oldest bookshops and a love letter to the benign, unruly world of antiquarian bookselling. | Oliver Darkshire Once Upon a Tome : The misadventures of a rare bookseller Paperback