The Late Breakfasters
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The Late Breakfasters is a novel
by Robert Aickman
, first published in the UK in 1964 by Victor Gollancz
. It was reprinted only once by Chivers in 1978, and never appeared in paperback
. Either edition is very scarce on the second-hand book market. It is the only novel published by the author in his lifetime.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Robert Aickman
Robert Aickman
Robert Fordyce Aickman was an English conservationist and writer of fiction and nonfiction. As a writer, he is best known for his supernatural fiction, which he described as "strange stories".-Life:...
, first published in the UK in 1964 by Victor Gollancz
Victor Gollancz
Sir Victor Gollancz was a British publisher, socialist, and humanitarian.-Early life:Born in Maida Vale, London, he was the son of a wholesale jeweller and nephew of Rabbi Professor Sir Hermann Gollancz and Professor Sir Israel Gollancz; after being educated at St Paul's School, London and taking...
. It was reprinted only once by Chivers in 1978, and never appeared in paperback
Paperback
Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...
. Either edition is very scarce on the second-hand book market. It is the only novel published by the author in his lifetime.