Chapter one: a booklovers lament. Illustration: Simon Bosch Next week I shall make my last trip to a bookstore to buy myself a book.
The house may sink into the soft Sydney sands. The house cannot really accommodate another book. The shelves are full. The Tyee & A Book Lover's Lament. The pleasures of roaming a small bookshop, the joy of holding a bound tome. Fading fast? Mair's lair: The Ambleside Book Barn in West Vancouver. Composites: Sketching Lisbeth Salander's "real" face.