The used bookstore that I also spent some time in earlier this evening does feature a dishevelled-looking man with an irish-sounding accent (maybe nova scotia?). He dresses in plaid and jeans tho.
I was commenting earlier that he’d had a bunch of books of certain authors all out (like brad thor or something) “people were asking about those authors, so I spent the day digging them out (it’s pretty crowded with books)”
Later on I did find one (Darwin’s Radio, been on my reading list) “Oh so you did manage to find something after all! (think of adding the words kudos to you to get the tone.)