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Announcing Max Porter's
The Death of Francis Bacon

By Faber Editor, 20 October 2020

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.

‘This is my attempt to write as painting, not about it; an attempt to replicate thought, struggle, the struggle of thought, but also the sheer energy of the eye’s confrontation with the painted image. It’s the result of a long preoccupation I’ve had with Francis Bacon and I hope that, even though it is a book about death, it’s very much a living thing.’ Max Porter

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.

The Death of Francis Bacon will be published on 7 January 2021.

Buy the Book
Max Porter
£6.99

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

Buy the Book
Max Porter
£5.99

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