Until very recently, Joe Gordon was a senior bookseller at a Waterstones branch in Edinburgh, where he had worked since 1993. Waterstones is one of the major U.K. bookchains, with multiple branches in most major towns and cities.
Like most booksellers, Gordon is passionate about books, as a casual perusal of the archives of his blog, The Woolamaloo Gazette shows. He's also quite fond of films, writes the odd bit of political stuff (he likes Al Franken!) and took some nice photos of snow on Christmas Day.
In recent days, however, the Woolamaloo Gazette has been preoccupied with other more personally pressing matters: a few days ago, Joe Gordon has became the first known employee in the U.K. to be sacked (without notice, no less) for the content of his blog.
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