Ice in the Bookshop

Ice by Anna Kavan

"Reality had always been something of an unknown quantity to me." - Anna Kavan, Ice

 

Green Penguins in the Bookshop

The Invisible Man by H G Wells

"There were books everywhere. The main store, entered from Seventh Avenue, had books lining both walls, books back to back in chest-high stalls down the center of the floor. The only place there weren't any books was the ceiling." - Chester Himes