The Death of Francis Bacon

Author: Max Porter

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 6 January 2022 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 80 pages
113 x 177 x 10mm | 70g

A bold and brilliant short work by the author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny.

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