The Guardian sends out six writers to the best bookshops in the UK to put their staff to the test. Hilarity ensues…
Twenty minutes later, I ask another assistant.
“I really loved The Naked Chef, will I like The Naked Lunch?”
Assistant asks herself if Jamie Oliver did one called The Naked Lunch. Looks on computer, asks colleague.
“We think you mean the novel…”
“Does it have good recipes in it?”
“No, it’s about drugs. It’s really surreal and it’s got giant cockroaches in it. It’s completely mental.
[via The Shifted Librarian]