{"product_id":"death-of-francis-bacon","title":"Death of Francis Bacon","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDeath of Francis Bacon\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMax Porter\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780771096372\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eStrange Light\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadrid. Unfinished. Man dying.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this bold and brilliant short work of experimental fiction by the author of \u003ci\u003eGrief Is the Thing with Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLanny, \u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eas\u003c\/i\u003e painting rather than \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e painting, Porter lets the images he conjures speak for themselves as they take their revenge on the subject who wielded them in life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is more than a biography: \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Francis Bacon\u003c\/i\u003e is a physical, emotional, historical, sexual, and political bombardment--the measure of a man creative and compromised, erotic and masochistic, inexplicable and inspired.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Strange Light","offers":[{"title":"Death of Francis Bacon | Max Porter | Hardcover | 9780771096372 | New | Fiction 1269055","offer_id":50557780492546,"sku":"1269055","price":29.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91B2VxUj7yS.jpg?v=1790640393","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/death-of-francis-bacon","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}