"HALIFAX — The door to Brian Purdy's basement apartment in Halifax's north end is more square than rectangular, a hatch entered ducking down."

"A few short steps land you in the middle of his living room, which doubles as his new bookstore, Back Alley Books, with its untreated wooden shelves stocked with vintage, collectible and signed works of literary fiction, art and non-fiction. They range from rare hardcover editions to what Purdy terms 'paperback originals.'"

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