One reasons bookshops have it difficult

The twist? Where do you think she got the pen and paper? From the bookseller ("Can I borrow a pen and paper? I want to write down the name of a book"). Okay, we've all done it, made a mental note then ordered online, but to be so bold?

To compensate I bought Atlantic by Simon Winchester, Dan Cruikshank's A secret history of Georgian London and Akashic books' celebrated Go the fuck to sleep.