Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell - ISBN: 9781780334837
Hardcover
Booksellers battle bizarre customer questions: Prepare for the utterly absurd.

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

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  • Hardcover

    128 pages

  • Release Date

    20 December 2003

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Summary

‘Can books conduct electricity?’

‘My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that’s ok… isn’t it?’

A John Cleese Twitter question [‘What is your pet peeve?’], first sparked the “Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops” blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller’s collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. From ‘Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?’ to the hunt for a paperback which could forecast the next year’s weather;…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781780334837
ISBN-10:1780334834
Author:Jen Campbell
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:20 December 2003
Weight:200g
Dimensions:202mm x 136mm x 18mm
Series:Constable
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“So funny, so sad… Read it and sigh.”—Neil Gaiman

About The Author

Jen Campbell

Jen Campbell grew up in the North East of England, and graduated from Edinburgh University with an MA in English Literature. She’s a published poet and short story writer. She lives in North London where she works at Ripping Yarns bookshop.

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