A fun, quick, read (which I read over the course of the last few weeks while stealing away snippets of desperately-needed quiet time in the loo). Things the general public say & do are both amazingly awesome AND horrifying (ESP in a retail setting), and this book underlines that point. Hilarious AND...
When I first heard about this book through the Shelf Awareness email newsletter, I was instantly intrigued. As someone who has worked in a bookstore since 2000, I had often talked with other booksellers about the crazy things our customers did and said. Some annoying, some just way out there. So ...
I have to agree with Neil Gaiman: this book is equally funny and sad. Hilarious and tragic at the same time. I couldn't help laughing at some of the ignorant quotes. Politically correct or not - I loved it, and I was so thrilled when I found that the sequel was on its way.
A very short, but entertaining read. Although I didn't quite get all the humour, I could certainly appreciate the random and bizarre questions and comments put forth by customers being in retail myself. I have been in the position of the "bookseller" with the "....." response. What do you say to the...
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