Olsson's: Buyer's Corner

Olsson's is a locally Owned & Operated, Independent chain of six book and recorded music stores in the Washington, D.C. area, started by John Olsson in 1972. Each week the Head Book Buyer blogs about interesting new books that are available.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Last Post Before Christmas

Well, it's my last post before Christmas and I'll be keeping it short again. I'm downtown at our Lansburgh store this morning anticipating the lunchtime crowds.

We have some books back in stock that I wanted to let everyone know about:

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano - This is one of my favorite books of the year and I was certainly not alone.

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett - This is a big hit in our Gift Guide and a favorite among booksellers and a perfect fit for a stocking.

We are still waiting to get Alice Waters' The Art of Simple Food, but it should be in momentarily!

The store is really starting to bustle, so I'd better go. Have a Happy Holiday!

posted by Alexis Akre at 10:14 AM

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Alexis Akre, a DC-area native, has worked at Olsson's for almost six years. She received her BA in English from Barnard College, and lived in New York for several years. Since her return to her home town, Alexis has honed her gift for skewering both vapidity and pretension with concise, well-worded psychological assessment. She can be seen tooling around town on her minty green bike, reading one of the hundreds of books she has stacked in her home, and teaching her cat to do tricks.


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