The Diary Of A Bookseller: Shaun Bythell (Shaun Bythell, 1) - Tapa dura

Warm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny, this gently meandering tale of British eccentricity will stay long in the memory. (Daily Mail)

Funny and fascinating in equal measure - a must for all those of us who haunt the sepulchres where old books are laid to rest. (Anthony McGowan)

The Diary Of A Bookseller is warm (unlike Bythell's freezing-cold shop) and funny, and deserves to become one of those bestsellers that irritate him so much. (Jon Dennis Mail on Sunday)

Peopled with fascinating characters ... a sarcastic reminder of the struggles of small business ownership, the importance of community and the frustration of dealing with customers ... occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. (Herald)

Wonderfully entertaining ... Bythell is a true believer, who makes a passionate case for the importance of books (Observer)

Tempted to follow your dream and open a second-hand bookshop? Don't do anything before you read Shaun Bythell ... second-hand bookshops are alive because of people like him. (The National)

Utterly compelling and Bythell has a Bennett-like eye for the amusing eccentricities of ordinary people ... I urge you to buy this book and please, even at the risk of being insulted or moaned at, buy it from a real live bookseller. (Charlotte Heathcote Sunday Express)

I tore through the pages, but I was also rather sad when it finished - I could have read much, much more. Any bibliophiles should race to get a copy. (Shiny New Books)

A book and bookshop lover's delight. (Red)

Laconic, droll, opinionated and unconvincingly misanthropic ... Wigtown's Pepys. (Alan Taylor Times Literary Supplement)