Booked

An article in the Boston Globe and seminar in the Boston Public Library reminds me of a small bookshop I used to work in on O'Connell Street in Dublin. It's always interesting to discover what's on the thief's wish-list and that year, apart from the usual childrens' books, it was The General by Paul Williams. We couldn't keep it on the shelf but kept it beneath the till. Not quite up there with liberating artefacts from the Chester Beatty, but still...