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Engelbrecht triumphs again!

"Far more obscure, but for my money the best book of the year, is The Exploits of Engelbrecht by Maurice Richardson (Savoy). Richardson, who died in 1978, was one of the old school of hacks: he later became a stalwart infester of the Colony Rooms and the sordid pubs round Soho that teemed with pissed-up talent in the 1940s and 1950s. The Exploits of Engelbrecht, the dwarf surrealist boxer, and his adventures shooting witches, boxing grandfather clocks, playing football on Mars and games of surrealist golf which last for infinity, originally appeared in Lilliput when it was at its post-war zenith. The stories were illustrated by, among others, Searle and Hoffnung. Ah, God, those were the days."

MARTIN ROWSON, The Independent on Sunday, 3rd December 2000

We're not surprised, of course (!), but it's still good to see the demon pugilist (not to mention his author and illustrators) receiving some well-deserved acclaim after all these years. Don't miss your opportunity to secure a copy of this future collector's item.