Jen Campbell angol
(North East England, Egyesült Királyság) –
Katalógusnév | Campbell, Jen |
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Nem | nő |
Honlap | jen-campbell.co.uk |
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@jenvcampbell |
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CUSTOMER:
Which was the first Harry Potter book?
BOOKSELLER:
The Philosopher's Stone.
CUSTOMER:
And the second?
BOOKSELLER:
The Chamber of Secrets.
CUSTOMER:
I'll take The Chamber of Secrets. I don't want The Philosopher's Stone.
BOOKSELLER:
Have you already read that one?
CUSTOMER:
No, but with series of books I always find they take a while to really get going. I don't want to waste my time with the useless introductory stuff at the beginning.
BOOKSELLER:
The story in Harry Potter actually starts right away. Personally, I do recommend that you start with the first book – and it's very good.
CUSTOMER:
Are you working on commision?
BOOKSELLER:
No.
CUSTOMER:
Right. How many books are there in total?
BOOKSELLER:
Seven.
CUSTOMER:
Exactly. I'm not going to waste my money on the first book when there are so many others to buy. I'll take the second one.
BOOKSELLER:
…If you're sure.
(One week later, the customer returns)
BOOKSELLER:
Hi, did you want to buy a copy of The Prisoner of Azkaban?
CUSTOMER:
What's that?
BOOKSELLER:
It's the book after The Chamber of Secrets.
CUSTOMER:
Oh, no, definitely not. I found that book far too confusing. I ask you, how on earth are children supposed to understand it if I can't? I mean, who the heck is that Voldemort guy anyway? No. I'm not going to bother with the rest.
BOOKSELLER:
…
CUSTOMER: I’d like to buy this audiobook.
BOOKSELLER: Great.
CUSTOMER: Only, I don’t really like this narrator.
BOOKSELLER: Oh.
CUSTOMER: Do you have a selection of narrators to choose from? Ideally, I’d like Benedict Cumberbatch.
LITTLE GIRL: I want to play hide and seek. Do you have a big book that I can hide in?
BOOKSELLER: Not a book, but we could hide behind a bookcase?
LITTLE GIRL: But … but, mum says she likes books because you can get lost in them.
BOOKSELLER: Ah, I don’t think that’s quite what she meant.
CUSTOMER: I don’t like biographies. The main character pretty much always dies in the end. It’s so predictable!
CUSTOMER: Do you have any books on the dark arts?
BOOKSELLER: … No.
CUSTOMER: Do you have any idea where I could find some?
BOOKSELLER: Why don't try Knockturn Alley?
CUSTOMER: Where's that?
BOOKSELLER: Oh, the centre of London.
CUSTOMER: Thanks, I'll keep my eyes peeled for it.
41. oldal
CUSTOMER: I really don’t like the planet today – can you recommend a book set far, far away?
CUSTOMER: Is your poetry section split up into rhyming and non-rhyming sections?
BOOKSELLER: No, it’s just in alphabetical order. What kind of poetry are you looking for?
CUSTOMER: Rhyming. Preferably iambic pentameter, in poems of no more than ten lines, by a female poet. But, other than that, I don’t mind.
BOOKSELLER: Can I help at all?
CUSTOMER: Yes, where’s your fiction section?
BOOKSELLER: It starts over on the far wall. Are you looking for anything in particular?
CUSTOMER: Yes, any books by Stefan Browning.
BOOKSELLER: I’m not familiar with him, what kind of books has he written?
CUSTOMER: I don’t know if he’s written any. You see, my name’s Stefan Browning, and I always like to go into bookshops to see if anyone with my name has written a book.
BOOKSELLER: . . . right.
CUSTOMER: Because then I can buy it, you see, and carry it around with me and tell everyone that I’ve had a novel published. Then everyone will think I’m really cool, don’t you think?
BOOKSELLER: . . .
CUSTOMER: It makes me sad that grown up books don’t have pictures in them. You’re brought up with them when you’re younger, and then suddenly they’re all taken away.
BOOKSELLER: . . . Yes. It’s a cruel world.
CUSTOMER: Do you have security cameras in here?
BOOKSELLER: Yes.
CUSTOMER: Oh. (customer slides a book out from inside his jacket and places it back on the shelf)