I felt like a vulture, not a culture vulture, just an ordinary scavenging vulture when I went to the closing down sale of the town's best bookshop.
This, in fact, was its second closing down and must be particularly difficult for the staff, some of whom are losing their jobs for the second time. Bookstores everywhere are experiencing difficulties with competition coming from all quarters, from supermarkets to downloads. Shops in a border town like Dundalk have an added difficulty as books are cheaper in Northern Ireland due to tax and currency differences.
Other vultures had been there before me so I hadn't a huge selection of books to choose from but I still picked up a few copies for our new bookcase.