‘The enjoyment of an autobiography generally depends on how interesting the author is able to make himself. In this instance Attallah’s self-confessed naivety, disgustingness, warmth, sensuality, exceptional energy, bossiness and diversity of enthusiasm certainly make him as colourful as anyone in Dickens or Powell, but the long-term value of Fulfilment and Betrayal will, I suspect, reside not in Attallah’s self-portrait but in the riveting picture he gives of a vibrant literary world that has, in his view, all but vanished – a world invented in his fantasy and brought to life with the bounty of his purse – a crazy, hyped-up, uncommon little world that was centred on Soho, jewels, books, eccentric personalities, gossip columns, “It” girls, parties, rifts and deep friendships’

This fantastic review by Alexander Waugh of Fulfilment & Betrayal by our Chairman Naim Attallah was published in the Literary Review in 2007. It describes a Soho and a world very different to the one today…

Read the full review here and get your copy of Fulfilment & Betrayal here today!