Maurice Richardson, sometimes journalist, communist party member and amateur boxer, is most well known for his collection of surreal, bizarre, comedic fantas. Engelbrecht is a dwarf surrealist boxer. Surrealist boxers, as a rule, only fight clocks, and, in one of his exploits, Engelbrecht does indeed enter the ring with a grandfather clock. But his exploits are not limited to boxing. Engelbrecht is a member in good standing with the Surrealist Sportsman Club/5. · The Exploits of Engelbrecht by Maurice Richardson () 18/06/ Art by James Boswell. There are few things less Gothic than vigorous physical activity, so the very idea of writing a series of linked short stories that combine the motifs and props of the horror genre with those of sports journalism must surely be the endeavour of an author who hungers for obscurity.
Maurice Richardson () was an English journalist and short story writer. Life and career. Richardson was born to a wealthy family. As a child, Richardson was sent to prep school, which The series was collected in book form as The Exploits of Engelbrecht in ;. "Far more obscure, but for my money the best book of the year, is The Exploits of Engelbrecht by Maurice Richardson. Richardson, who died in , 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 s and s. Buy The Exploits of Engelbrecht by Maurice Richardson online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 2 editions - starting at $ Shop now.
Richardson, Maurice. The Exploits of Engelbrecht, page 6 and twenty-two yards away the Dwarf Engelbrecht chasing a cabbage white. "The Exploits of Engelbrecht is the first in an exciting new line of reprinted fiction from Savoy Books that is set to include new, illustrated editions of, amongst others, William Hope Hodgson's The House on the Borderland and David Linday's fantasy classic A Voyage to Arcturus. The first instalment is a much-championed collection of short stories by Maurice Richardson that first appeared in Lilliput magazine amongst contributions from the likes of Mervyn Peake and Arthur C Clarke. Maurice Richardson, sometimes journalist, communist party member and amateur boxer, is most well known for his collection of surreal, bizarre, comedic fantas.
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