Brightfount Diaries. By Brian Wilson Aldiss, House of Stratus, Ltd., 2001.
 
Fiction
ISBN: 0755100549
 
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.
 
Secure binding with clean pages and mild cover wear. Softcover book with 171 pages.