I Can't Remember the Title But the Cover Is Blue: Sketches from the Other Side of the Bookshop Counter

By Elias Greig

Book Overview

As any retail or service worker will tell you, customers can be irrational, demanding, abusive, and brain-scramblingly, mind-bendingly strange . They can also be kind, thoughtful, funny, and full of pathos. Something about the often-fraught interaction between customer and worker, with the dividing line of the counter between them, loosens inhibitions, and has a kind of hot-house effect on eccentricity. In I Can't Remember the Title But the Cover is Blue, veteran bookseller Elias Greig collects the best, worst, and downright weirdest customer encounters from his years working as a Sydney bookseller. From ill-behaved children to nostalgic seniors and everything in between, this hilarious and unpredictable book is the perfect gift for anyone who's ever been on the wrong side of a counter.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760529451
• ISBN13: 9781760529451
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 6.9"