The Death of Francis Bacon

Product Description A bold and brilliant short work by the author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny.Madrid. Unfinished.Man Dying.A great painter lies on his deathbed.Max Porter translates into seven extraordinary written pictures the explosive final workings of the artist's mind. Review Brilliant notes towards a very private communion with the painter. -- Tim Adams ― Observer Porter is one of our most exciting writers. He dares to experiment and that means both the flare of mercury and the burnt crucible. Some sections enthral, others alienate. Like its subject, The Death of Francis Bacon is tricky, wicked and wonderfully weird. -- Laura Freeman ― Spectator A writer of boundless energy and playfulness. -- Max Liu ― i paper A feat of empathy, imagination and literary brio. Expansive and succinct, wild and controlled. -- Joanne Hayden ― Irish Independent A luminous novelette ... that seeks to elide the boundary between literature and visual art. -- Alex Preston ― Observer Porter's third book is very much a living thing, a thing that requires more than one reading ... He is the supreme word alchemist. -- Anne Cunningham ― Sunday Independent, Ireland A miniature masterpiece. -- Stephanie Cross ― Daily Mail A very moving depiction of a mind in dissolution at the very edge of death ... a powerful stiletto of a book. -- Stuart Kelly ― Scotland on Sunday A little masterpiece . painting in words the "deeply ordered chaos" Bacon saw all about him. -- Andrew Gallix ― Irish Times One of our most lyrical novelists brings his rich facility for language and psychological insight to the final hours of the great painter Francis Bacon, in this majestic tour de force. ― Waterstones, Best Fiction Books to Look Forward to in 2021 Book Description A bold and brilliant short work by the author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny. From the Back Cover A bold and brilliant short work by the author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny. Madrid. Unfinished. Man Dying. A great painter lies on his deathbed. Max Porter translates into seven extraordinary written pictures the explosive final workings of the artist's mind. About the Author Max Porter is the author of Lanny, longlisted for the Booker Prize, and Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. He is the recipient of the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year award.