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    Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain
    Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain
    Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain
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    Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain

    Written by Robin Ince

    Narrated by Robin Ince

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    A unique, funny picture of Britain... A love letter to bookshops and the vagaries of public transport.' Richard Osman

    Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided instead to go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops in the UK, from Wigtown to Penzance; from Swansea to Margate. Packed with witty anecdotes and tall tales, Bibliomaniac takes the reader on a journey across Britain as Robin explores his lifelong love of bookshops and books - and also tries to find out just why he can never have enough of them. It is the story of an addiction and a romance, and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateOct 13, 2022
    ISBN9781004109685
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    Robin Ince

    Robin Ince is a multi-award-winning comedian and author. His book Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club was based on his tour Bad Book Club. More recently he has toured Happiness Through Science, The Importance of Being Interested and is currently touring Robin Ince Is In And Out Of His Mind and Blooming Buzzing Confusion.

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