Clarence
Clarence, our water buffalo, has kept a beady eye over the bookshop for many a long year. It is rumoured that his entire body is the other side of the wall. It is also rumoured that he was smuggled into Scotland by a Victorian man wearing tweed and sporting a dubious moustache. The tales are endless. All we know for sure is that he was rescued from a Leith lane sale by Bert and is now our mascot and resident philosopher. If Clarence could speak he would say:
‘Being shot and stuffed was not the afterlife I’d hoped for. It seems to be going on for rather a long time.’
‘Don’t you dare use my horns to hang bags on.’
‘This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel and a barbaric ritual to those who have been on the wrong end of a shot gun.’
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- @zorrasband @UnchartedWorlds I'd be happy to discuss this in person so please pop in to the shop for a chat sometime
- @zorrasband @UnchartedWorlds Hi. I stock many different genres of lit in the shop but I don't always promote them.
- Sorry to hear @cabaretvoltaire is closing. Seen some fine gigs there @handsomefamily @WillyClayBand, Buddy Miller, Hayes Carll #Edinburgh
- Well done to @AtlantisBooks for getting into The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World. http://t.co/g1Vu9Ejk
- @UnchartedWorlds @zorrasband Hi. Generally we put posters up connected with the shop or for things that I'd be happy to promote personally
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