Literary Recluse Gifts

'I hear he's quite a recluse - doesn't even have a blog.'

DO Not Disturb (Except For Meals)

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

'I love my new easylife artist's easel.'

#Whyneighborsdon'tknowtheirneighbors

'I think I'll stay in and try to catch up on my reading.'

Excess Baggage: Some people take getting away from it all very seriously.

'Rehab centre' "I'm addicted to Irvine Welsh"

“I may not know much about books, but I do know which titles burn best.”

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

'It's a sign of the times, a high rise block of caves reserved for hermits.'

'To you it's wine, to me, it's my writer's block vaccine.'

Martin hated dining alone – but loved the savings.

"That's it sorted then - this year we'll spend a fortnight in the spare bedroom."

"Hmmm... there's something not right here..."

Subway Library

"But you told me you were on gardening leave, so why can't you come and help me in the garden?"

'He lives in a house, and it's by the side of the road, but he's still not a friend to man.'

Trilby - 'I will not! I will not!'

"Edwin is a great admirer of the late Howard Hughes."

"Meet JD Salinger's neighbors"

Reading

"Anyone home?"

An unadulterated look into the life of a brown recluse.

"You can just leave it on that crag, thanks."

"It gets a tad crowded in winter when I share the cave with 100s of hibernating snakes."

"Harold, do I smell too Crabtree & Evelynish?"

Salman Rushdie

"And to think we started as a book club."

“How was the beach?”

Person is hiding behind book entitled 'Coping with shyness'.

"Yes, they're all blank. The art of omission, you see."

"New Classic Books Revamped for Today's Youth"

'Sure it's an impressive collection. Too bad they're all overdue library books.'

BOOKSHOP, 'Are you sure you want that, sir? - You don't really look like the Tom Clancy type.'