Brightfount Diaries Author:Brian W. Aldiss 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, auth... more »ors, booksellers and customers, a revelation about his dotty uncle, and his efforts to find ‘a suitable girl’.« less