{"product_id":"9781529177121-once-upon-a-tome","title":"Once Upon a Tome","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe misadventures of a rare bookseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Peculiarly hilarious!' - William Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Every page is a pleasure' - Lindsey FItzharris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly charming' - Tom Holland\u003cbr\u003e'Laugh-out-loud' - Garth Nix\u003cbr\u003e'A must read' - Fergus Butler-Gallie\u003cbr\u003e'Brims with self-effacing charm' - Caitlin Doughty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unfortunately I have mislaid the book in question' - Neil Gaiman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to Sotheran's, one of the oldest \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebookshops in the world, with its weird and wonderful clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabelled keys, poisoned books and some things that aren't even books, presided over by one deeply eccentric apprentice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackville Street (est. 1761) to interview for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap, he was soon balancing teetering stacks of first editions, fending off nonagenarian widows and trying not to upset the store's resident ghost (the late Mr Sotheran, hit by a tram).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarkshire came to love Sotheran's, not just for its illustrious history (or for producing the most cursed book of all time), but also its joyous disorganization and the unspoken rules of its gleefully old-fashioned staff, whose mere glance may cause a computer to burst into flames.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy turns unhinged and earnestly dog-eared, \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Tome\u003c\/i\u003e is the rather colourful story of life in one of the world's oldest bookshops and a love letter to the benign, unruly world of antiquarian bookselling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40980665139297,"sku":"9781529177121","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32275456.jpg?v=1737113079","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529177121-once-upon-a-tome","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}