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Tannenbaum’s aim is always to find the perfect book for each customer. Zadie Smith and Edwidge Danticat are swapped around due to clashing cover colours. A brief survey of Tannenbaum’s shelves reveals a canon that runs from Higgledy Piggledy Pop to Hamlet. As the proprietor of the venerable bazaar notes, independent is typically synonymous with limited stock. The Bookstore, as his shop is simply called, is not your average independent outlet.

“Our motto is, you can’t drink all day unless you start in the morning,” says Tannenbaum. Get Lit, the bookstore’s bar, was created in memory of an old friend who survived the Holocaust. Hello, Bookstore is a fond reminder that walking through a bookshop can feel like a reunion with old friends, as patrons of Tannenbaum’s s literary emporium can attest. Months later, I realised that I’m making in one week, what I used to make in one day. “I didn’t notice how sales were going down by 90 per cent, because I kept busy. So we found out where some of our customers lived. And then, and then we realised, we could do kerbside and deliveries for one or two days. I just put one foot in front of the other. “Have you been paying attention? Tomorrow’s your last day. “My kids told me, you’re closing tomorrow,” says Tannenbaum.

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