Time for a new contest! Today I have the latest from an author whose work I love. I think ever body should already have his Nowhere Near Milkwood on their shelf and he’s a contributor in the next Heliotrope issue so we are very pleased to be able to present a chance at Engelbrecht Again! by Rhys Hughes which will include a bookplate signed by Rhys!
Synopsis:
The Old Id is a malign giant monopod who rules the Surrealist Sportsman’s Club with not only a fist of iron but also an open palm of depleted uranium… Where he hops, the other members are compelled to follow: generally from one utterly absurd and totally lethal ‘game’ to another. The Old Id won’t stop until membership of the Club has reached zero or less. Only Engelbrecht, the dwarf boxer, who has floored more clocks, fruit machines and zombies than any other surrealist pugilist in history, stands a chance of coming through safely to the other side, and even he can’t possibly be prepared for the ordeals awaiting him in this book — an absurd slate of exploits that will take him on a voyage around the world, into space, down to Hell, into a labyrinth of plots and counter-plots designed to wipe out the entire membership of the Surrealist Sportsman’s Club: running the gauntlet with gorgons; competing in the mesmeric tour-de-trance bicycle race; climbing the north face of the largest ego in existence; playing tug-o’-war with entire continents; surfing the solar wind; playing bagatelle with meteorites and skyscrapers; dancing the tango with the three Borges Twins, Tlön, Uqbar and Orbis Tertius; unravelling the enigma of the Chronic Argonauts; and even indulging in a round of lipograms with the monstrous Père Ubu!
As inventive as it is hilarious, Engelbrecht Again! is Rhys Hughes’ most radical book yet, an ingenious novel that makes extensive use of lipograms, typographical tricks, coded passages, and other OuLiPo techniques.
Engelbrecht Again! feature an introduction by Jeff VanderMeer, art by Keith Minnion and is limited to 300 copies!
If you want to sample some prior work by Rhys, earlier this year BookSpot Central hosted a story of his, Fable with Turkish Coffee, so check that out to!
I want to thank Dead Letter Press and Rhys Hughes for choosing BookSpot Central as a venue for this great contest!
This contest is open to all BookSpot Central members. Just PM (private message) me at our forums and you’re entered. Please include address/shipping information with your entry so we can get the prizes out to you as quickly as possible. Winners will be announced on December 18th.
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Good luck to all!
