Jonathan Cape fiction by James Joyce and T. E. Lawrence. After Cape's death, the firm later merged successively with three other London publishing houses. In 1987 it was taken over by Random House. Its name continues as one of Random House's British imprints. Herbert Jonathan Cape was born in London on 15 November 1879, the youngest of the seven children of Jonathan Cape, a clerk from Ireby in what is now Cumbria, and his wife Caroline, "née" Page. He received a basic schooling and in his early teens he was taken on by Hatchards bookshop in Piccadilly as an errand-boy. Four years
The Bookshop (film) 18 December 2017 Variety announced a Berlinale Special Gala with "The Bookshop" in February 2018, during the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 57% based on 72 reviews, and an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A rare adaptation that sticks too closely to its source material, "The Bookshop"s meticulously crafted world building gets lost in its meandering pace." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Isabel Coixet's screenplay won