The Death of Francis Bacon

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. Max Porter is the author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers, which won the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize, and Lanny, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2019.