84 charing cross road
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Author_John Tottenham
ben lerner
bookshop books
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chris kraus
diary of a bookseller
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los angeles
miranda july
novels by poets
perfection
shaun blythell
the artists way
Product details
- ISBN 9781805227021
- Weight: 350g
- Dimensions: 134 x 214mm
- Publication Date: 06 Nov 2025
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A PARIS REVIEW BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Highly accomplished, deeply satisfying ... I marked up almost every page' TLS
'Laugh-out-loud funny' DAILY MAIL
'My favourite nihilistic romantic' RACHEL KUSHNER
'A brutally honest, insightful, intelligent and absolutely hilarious novel' MICHAEL IMPERIOLI
What's this book about? Is there a restroom? Do you have gluten-free bagels? Do you work here? Do you have a restroom? Do I buy books or rent books or what?
Still a bookseller in his late forties, Sean knows that the worst thing about a bookshop is the customers. Then there's the gift-wrapping, the invoicing, the Yelp reviews. The overwhelming sense of self-loathing after another day of not writing a novel yourself.
While Sean's book remains unfinished, his city has changed around him. As have friends and acquaintances, at least the ones who keep in touch. The service industry is different, too. But what, or whom, is he serving anyway? Biting, hilarious and self-aware, John Tottenham's debut novel is a razor-sharp dissection of gentrification, friendship, jealousy and the role of literature in a digital age.
John Tottenham is a British-born artist and writer living in Los Angeles. He is the author of four volumes of poetry and writes a column in Artillery, and his paintings and drawings have been exhibited in solo shows in LA and New York. Service is his first novel.
