A New York Times Book Critic Runs A Secondhand Bookstore For A Day

"[Wigtown] is Scotland's national book town, its Hay-on-Wye. With a dozen used bookstores tucked into its small downtown, it is a literary traveler's Elysium. Best of all, Wigtown offers a literary experience unlike any other I'm aware of. In town there is a good used bookstore called the Open Book, with an apartment up above, that's rentable by the week. Once you move in, the shop is yours to run as you see fit." And, for one day, that's what Dwight Garner did.

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