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A Republic of Books is Available Now!
When a narrator is not so much unreliable as imperfect, A Republic of Books might be a first refuge for scoundrels and saints. The perfect bookshop might not be, but then again . . . When failure is an option, a nation of books would have to be a republic as much as a state of mind. A Republic of Books, the newest published novel by Vincent McCaffrey, is now available at our store and through Amazon.
Read the first chapter FREE at vincentmccaffrey.com.
New Hampshire Magazine Visits Our Shop
Rick Broussard, editor of New Hampshire Magazine, described the feeling of visiting our bookshop in Lee:
The rustic floorboards are steady underfoot, making not a squeak to distract the minds of those who search the shelves. Each nook and surface and collection of curiosities is arranged by careful hands to facilitate curiosity and a sense of place in this cosmos of books. The labels defining areas of interest are thoughtfully hand-penned, suggesting that there are human guides nearby should a browser decide to come up for air and inquire about a specific title.
Read more at nhmagazine.com
One-Of-A-Kind Treasures in New Hampshire
Beloved Newbury Street used bookstore finds new life in 18th-century N.H. barn
Reporter Brian MacQuarrie visited our humble little book barn and then shocked us with a story on the front page of the Saturday edition of the Boston Globe!
The piece is lovely and captured the essence of why Vince & Thais reopened Avenue Victor Hugo books after a long hiatus from retail bookselling:
Now, the books have moved to the quiet center of this southern New Hampshire village, waiting to be held, and opened, and plumbed for the magic that lies inside. It’s a magic that McCaffrey and his wife, Thais, couldn’t resist rekindling, with or without the prospect of commercial success.
Read more at bostonglobe.com.
New Hampshire Chronicle: Avenue Victor Hugo Bookshop in the 603
See more at wmur.com.
New Hampshire Public Radio: One Of Boston’s Favorite Used Bookstores Sets Up Shop In New Hampshire
UNH’s The New Hampshire: Avenue Victor Hugo Books finds a new life in Lee
Ciarra Annis of The New Hampshire, the independent student paper of the University of New Hampshire, helped to introduce Avenue Victor Hugo to the campus community:
On the corner of George Bennett and Lee Hill Road in Lee, there sits a little red building that used to be a barn. Where once it might’ve been used for storing tools, now it’s a treasure trove of used books of all genres.
Read more at tnhdigital.com.
Union Leader: Author and wife return to retail business
Writing for the New Hampshire Union Leader, correspondent Kimberly Haas covered the reopening of our store and Vincent McCaffrey’s writing:
McCaffrey said he keeps his characters believable and interesting by having conversations with them as his stories progress.
The way to make a character is to start talking to them, McCaffrey said.
Read more at unionleader.com.
WGBH Boston: In Lee, New Hampshire, A Beloved Boston Bookstore Is Reborn
The Boston Globe’s New England Literary News
From The Boston Sunday Globe literary column:
The storied, atmospheric Avenue Victor Hugo bookstore lived on Newbury Street for nearly three decades before a rent hike (to $25k/month) forced the shop to shutter in 2004. For author and owner Vincent McCaffrey, re-opening sometime, somewhere was always the plan. And now, fifteen years later, it’s happened, this time, in an old barn in Lee, New Hampshire, where he and his wife now live.
Read more from this piece by Nina MacLaughlin at bostonglobe.com.
