Author: Brian Aldiss Year: 1955 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction
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ISBNs: 9780755100545 0755100549 |
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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'.
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