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.

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

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

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

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

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

Martin hated dining alone – but loved the savings.

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

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

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

Subway Library

Reading

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

"Meet JD Salinger's neighbors"

"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."

"Anyone home?"

An unadulterated look into the life of a brown recluse.

Salman Rushdie

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

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

“How was the beach?”

"New Classic Books Revamped for Today's Youth"

"Thank God! Show me the path down. I've been stuck here 15 years."

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

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