TY - BOOK AU - Osborne,John TI - The newsagent's window SN - 1444808621 U1 - 942.6 PY - 2011/// CY - Leicester PB - Thorpe KW - Osborne, John, KW - Community life KW - England KW - Norwich KW - Window cards KW - Manners and customs KW - Norwich (England) KW - Social life and customs KW - 21st century KW - Anecdotes N1 - Adult N2 - Moving into an unfurnished house, John uses the ads in newsagents' windows to buy things like a bed and a settee. On impulse, one day, he replies to an advert for a psychic masseur named Lucy, who tells him some home truths. So begins a year of self-discovery and an obsession with newsagents' windows, taking John to a shoe-exhibition, an Ayckbourn play, to a wrestling match. He becomes the owner of a man's entire video collection, a clapped-out Ford Escort - and discovers a community of a bygone age. Looking to improve his German, he meets a pretty German girl named Leni ER -