Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

From behind the counter, Shaun Bythell catalogs the customers who roam his shop in Wigtown, Scotland. You'll meet the Expert (with subspecies such the Bore and the Helpful Person) and the Loiterer (including the Erotica. Browser and the Self-Published Author). Beware of The Not-So-Silent Traveller (especially the Whistler, Hummer, Farter, and Tutter), and the Family Historian (generally Americans visiting in search of their clan's roots). Two bonus sections include portraits, of the hardworking but often eccentric Staff, as well as the ever-elusive but always welcome Perfect Customer. Booklovers are bound to recognize the colorful characters in these pages-some might even recognize themselves!-as Bythell once again proves he's the funniest sell-and-tell observer in the world of books. Book jacket.