{"product_id":"books-baguettes-and-bedbugs-9780753820582","title":"Books Baguettes and Bedbugs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnchanting memoir of a struggling writer living and working in the eccentric Parisian bookshop, 'Shakespeare and Company''Completely riveting ...a vivid picture of modern Paris' OBSERVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompletely riveting... [a] vivid picture of modern Paris, a city of tourism and immigration with a very hard edge to it. Mercer is particularly good on his fellow lodgers above the shop... Watching them interact is like viewing a thinking person's BIG BROTHER * OBSERVER *\u003cbr\u003eAn affectionate, revealing slice of life at the most singular, eccentric and magical of bookshops -- Michael Palin\u003cbr\u003eThe portrait of Paris's most famous bookstore ... readings on the banks of the Seine, idealistic banter and impulsive philanthropic gestures - is alluring * THE TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eThere are enough shocks and secrets to make this account that unusual thing - the story of a bookshop that's a real page-turner - a small classic of literary life * SUNDAY TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary memoir... Recommended * HAM AND HIGH *\u003cbr\u003eIn this entertaining memoir, he recounts the circumstances that led him there, his subsequent experiences and, most interestingly, the shop's illustrious past ... As well as the tourists and thieves, there are those who stay at the shop, and Mercer portrays them well * LITERARY REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003eLike the shop itself, BOOKS, BAGUETTES AND BEDBUGS - sincere, unadorned and journalistic - preserves the optimism of youthful ideals and perpetuates the sweet dream that any man can create - in words, if  not in reality - a better world * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *\u003cbr\u003eThis touching book suggests that his time at Shakespeare and Company was well spent * NEW STATESMAN *\u003cbr\u003eHe entertainingly tell the story of his time there and the weird and wonderful people he meets * CITY LIFE *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book, and a writer, with heart * HERALD *\u003cbr\u003eWith such stories to relate, the book cannot help but be charming * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003eA pleasingly light and bookishly seductive account of life on the Rive Gauche * TIME OUT *\u003cbr\u003eThis memoir ably captures a romanticised version of the bum's life ... but the real star is the eccentric and charming bookstore proprietor * NEW YORKER *\u003cbr\u003eMercer is a superb writer who has produced one of the most stylishly satisfying reads in years, surely deserving of a major literary prize * CANADA POST *\u003cbr\u003eCompletely riveting... [a] vivid picture of modern Paris, a city of tourism and immigration with a very hard edge to it. Mercer is particularly good on his fellow lodgers above the shop... Watching them interact is like viewing a thinking person's BIG BROTHER * OBSERVER (20\/8\/06) *\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary memoir... Recommended. * HAM \u0026amp; HIGH (1\/9\/06) *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737055637847,"sku":"9780753820582","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780753820582.jpg?v=1723810937","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/books-baguettes-and-bedbugs-9780753820582","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}