/lit/ - Literature

>Go to borders
>See signs that say Waterstones & Costa
>Go in anyway
>Look for The Stranger, see it titled 'The Outsider' & have a really shitty edgy black & blood red cover
>Assume it's an old translation because it's not the nice white & black cover
>Ask slightly nerdish (well, glasses) female employee if the other store in the city has a newer version
>Spends a long time but confirms the edition came out this year & that all UK editions are titled 'Outsider'
>Go back to get it & notice the nicer cover (the dull gray + man standing there one) editions all at the deal emphasize shelf
>grab that & Anna Karenina + Portrait by Joyce in a 3 for 2 deal
>Enjoy The Stranger over a nice cup if coffee
>Realize Amazon.co.uk would have been £2 cheaper with greater selection but I needed something to read whilst pissing about town anyway & finished the Stranger today
Aside,
what a devastating day......