Mike Lawrence's acclaimed biography, 'Colin Chapman, Wayward Genius' has been reprinted by Brooklands Books in paperback form.

As well as possessing an encyclopaedic knowledge of the history of the sport, Mike is an academic researcher. He traced some of Colin's friends one of whom had known him from the age of five.

The child is father to the man and this is the most complete picture of one of the great names in motor racing. It is also warts and all and does not flinch from Chapman's less attractive traits, like his financial scams and claiming other men's ideas as his own.

From early on, Chapman airbrushed out many of the people who made Lotus's early reputation. Mike spoke at length to every single survivor. The book is therefore the true history of the formation of Lotus. It also goes further than any other in unravelling the financial scams and the DeLorean affair.

Brooklands Books, which has reissued this important work, is best known for its extensive series devoted to individual makes and models which reprint period articles. These not only draw on an international selection of magazines, but have the advantage of presenting a car as it was viewed at the time.

Brooklands is offering a 15 per cent discount to readers of Pitpass on any of its hundreds of titles.

Of particular interest to anyone considering the Chapman biography might be Lotus Sports Racers, 1953-1965. Covering everything from the Austin Seven-engined MkIII to the T40, this is 344 pages of articles gathered from Australia, Britain, South Africa and the USA. Particular gems include the brochures printed for the Eleven and Fifteen.

The company is now geared to Print on Demand, an elegant compromise between electronic media and the incomparable experience of holding, and owning, a printed book.

The lowest price for a copy of 'Colin Chapman, Wayward Genius' currently advertised on the Internet is seventy pounds.

For further details, and to order your copy, simply visit the Brooklands Books website where you will find 'Colin Chapman, Wayward Genius', and many other interesting titles, all with a 15 percent discount.