ltm are proud to present the first cd audiobook of readings by percy wyndham lewis (1882-1957), the influential british modernist writer, artist and self-styled 'enemy' feted both by t.s. eliot and mark e. smith. lewis is best known as the founder in 1914 of the celebrated vorticist art movement, an english variant of italian futurism. publication of their journal blast was interrupted by ww1, after which lewis the artist pursued a parallel career as a writer of fiction, satire and criticism. lewis spent the war years 1939-45 in penniless exile in america, yet carried on writing even after going blind in 1951. his many books include tarr (1918), the apes of god (1930), blasting and bombardiering (1937), the revenge for love (1937) and the trilogy the human age. his artworks include workshop (1913), a battery shelled (1919), tyro (1920) red portrait (1937), the surrender of barcelona (1937) and portrait of t.s. eliot (1938), and are regularly exhibited by galleries including the tate, hayward, imperial war museum and others. 'the enemy speaks' gathers together rare broadcast recordings made by lewis in 1938, 1947 and 1951 on various subjects in art and politics, as well as readings of three poems from one-way song, recorded at harvard in 1940. the cd also features a dramatized extract from his bloomsbury-baiting satire the apes of god, recorded in 1951 with an introduction by the critic v.s. pritchett. the cd closes with the recording of sympathy that so vexed lieutenant lewis in his dug-out near ypres in 1917. the cd features a deluxe booklet featuring archive lewis images as well as historical notes by james hayward. the cd has been prepared with the full co-operation of the wyndham lewis memorial trust.