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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Donna Ferguson

Wanted: desert island resort in Maldives seeks barefoot bookseller

Bookseller Georgie Polhill
Bookseller Georgie Polhill at the Soneva Fushi resort on Kunfunadhoo. Photograph: Barefoot Bookseller

White sands, blue skies... and lots of books. Applications have opened for what might just be the best job in the world: running a bookshop on a luxury desert island in the Maldives.

Passionate lovers of books – who are also adventurous, outgoing, creative and don’t mind spending all day barefoot – are sought for the year-long contract, which starts in October and involves moving to live on the remote island of Kunfunadhoo in the Indian Ocean.

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