The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the Delight of Not Getting What You Wanted
by:
Mark Forsyth (author)
Mark Forsyth – author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon – explores in this essay specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week, why Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy would never have met online, the pleasure of leafing through a dictionary, and why only a bookshop...
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Mark Forsyth – author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon – explores in this essay specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week, why Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy would never have met online, the pleasure of leafing through a dictionary, and why only a bookshop can give you what you never knew you were looking for.Originally available exc
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781848317840
Publisher: Icon Books
Pages no: 23
Edition language: English
This one came in the mail today and it set me back on my heels a bit: I bought it on the strength of Mark Forsyth's other work and didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the physical details, so I was rather surprised to pull out this little booklet from the packaging. It's only about 6 inches tal...
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