Aldiss' first novel republished after many years out of print.
In a small provincial city, Peter lives with his long-suffering Aunt Anne and his eccentric Uncle Leo, and works in a bookshop called Brightfount's, which he describes as a `shabby outpost of literacy'. Cutting the apron strings, he moves into a bed-sit and composes these witty diaries, in which he includes amusing remarks about publishers, authors, booksellers and customers, a revelation about his dotty uncle, and his efforts to find a suitable girl.
First published as a weekly serial in The Bookseller, these fictional diaries became a sensation, prompting fanmail from across the globe and resulting in the author's first book deal.
- ISBN10 0755100549
- ISBN13 9780755100545
- Publish Date 15 January 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 September 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint House of Stratus
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 171
- Language English