# The Death of Francis Bacon - Hardcover

by **Max Porter** (Author)

**Madrid. Unfinished. Man dying.**

A great painter lies on his deathbed, synapses firing, writhing and reveling in pleasure and pain as a lifetime of chaotic and grotesque sense memories wash over and envelop him.

In this bold and brilliant short work of experimental fiction by the author of _Grief Is the Thing with Feathers_ and _Lanny,_ Max Porter inhabits Francis Bacon in his final moments, translating into seven extraordinary written pictures the explosive final workings of the artist's mind. Writing _as_ painting rather than _about_ painting, Porter lets the images he conjures speak for themselves as they take their revenge on the subject who wielded them in life.

The result is more than a biography: _The Death of Francis Bacon_ is a physical, emotional, historical, sexual, and political bombardment--the measure of a man creative and compromised, erotic and masochistic, inexplicable and inspired.

### Author Biography

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.

**Number of Pages:** 80

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 7.1 x 4.7 IN

**Publication Date:** September 14, 2021

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