Bibliograph

Bibliomaniac, an obsessive's tour of the bookshops of Britain, Robin Ince

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Bibliomaniac, an obsessive's tour of the bookshops of Britain, Robin Ince

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bibliomaniac

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1305434058

Responsibility statement

Robin Ince

Sub title

an obsessive's tour of the bookshops of Britain

Summary

"In this warm and witty celebration of the written word, the popular comedian and presenter takes the reader on a journey across Britain as he explores his lifelong love of books and bookshops. Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided he would instead go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops, from Wigtown to Penzance; from Swansea to Margate. Packed with anecdotes and tall tales, Bibliomaniac follows Robin up and down the country in his quest to discover just why he can never have enough books. It is the story of an addiction and a romance, and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme"--Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Tsundoku: an introduction -- Out of lockdown and into the Wicker Man: Wigtown to Laugharne -- It all began at the End of the World: Chorleywood to Bristol -- I only play in the finest freezer cabinets: Sidmouth to Birmingham -- Pity the Llama: Oxford to Norwich -- Mermaids and Mermonks?: Okehampton to Shoreham -- What is Avuncular Knitwear?: Margate to Southwold -- Where Orwell ate his chips: Southwold to Leeds -- Black holes drowned out by the Bells of God: Chippenham to London -- Hurricanes at the Benighted Inn: Malvern to Malton -- Important lessons from a Porpoise: Edinburgh to Hull -- From the End of the Line to the Girl Guides' Hall: Hull to Hungerford -- Afterword

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