The Death of Francis Bacon

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'A little masterpiece.' - Irish Times
'Luminous.' - Observer
'One of our most exciting writers.' - The Spectator

Madrid. Unfinished. Man dying.

A great painter lies on his deathbed. In seven extraordinary written pictures, untethered from reality, Max Porter translates the explosive final workings of the artist's mind.

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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.