Bookshop worms way into community

Popular cafe fills needs for a 'home away from home'

Peter Goff is much loved in the expat communities in Beijing, Chengdu and Suzhou. That's also true for the Bookworm bookshop/restaurant he runs in those three cities.

Charmed by a painting of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor on the wall of his parents' sitting room in Dublin, Ireland, young Goff didn't know he would later be in charge of the place that gained China a spot in the Lonely Planet's list of world's greatest bookshops.