Staring at Julian Barnes

[image error] After a difficult day and a quick scan of the local charity shops, I thought I would have a quick look in Bob's. Bob's, also known as the Didsbury Bookshop, is a back room in the Art of Tea café in Didsbury Village. Crammed with secondhand books, it's run by the ageless, affable Bob, who is usually to be found sitting in his armchair with a book on the go. I like Bob's, but I don't like his prices. At £4 for Picadors and other B-format paperbacks, his are London prices, in Manche...