Fly Fishing
19/06/06 17:02
Went fly-fishing today (that's a cultural refernece
to the old Yellow Pages ad - 'Fly Fishing' by J R
Hartley - which will only make sense to those
watching telly in the late 80s). In other words, I
went looking for copies of 'Shroom' in my local
bookshops. Sad? Yup, I know, but show me an author,
especially a first time author, who hasn't done the
same.
"Who's it by?" the nice assistant in Blackwells asked. "Ooh, erm, now then, let me think" I replied. "I think it was, or was it now, er, Andy Letcher?"
"Sorry, it's not a book we currently stock. I could order it for you?"
Eventually found a single copy in Waterstones at the back of the third floor. Evidently I have not quite made it to the first division yet. I did note, with some pride, however, that overnight I have jumped 1000 places in the amazon.co.uk sales ranking to two thousand and something. World domination surely awaits.
"Who's it by?" the nice assistant in Blackwells asked. "Ooh, erm, now then, let me think" I replied. "I think it was, or was it now, er, Andy Letcher?"
"Sorry, it's not a book we currently stock. I could order it for you?"
Eventually found a single copy in Waterstones at the back of the third floor. Evidently I have not quite made it to the first division yet. I did note, with some pride, however, that overnight I have jumped 1000 places in the amazon.co.uk sales ranking to two thousand and something. World domination surely awaits.
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