January, 2021
January, 2021
“The Death of Francis Bacon is a little masterpiece…. It is as though Porter had bit down on shot, taking the most adventurous passages from his two previous novels and letting rip - painting in words the ‘deeply ordered chaos’ Bacon saw all about him.” Irish Times.
“Porter is one of our most exciting writers. He dares to experiment and that means both the flare of mercury and the burnt crucible. Some sections enthral, others alienate. Like its subject, The Death of Francis Bacon is tricky, wicked and wonderfully weird.” Spectator
“He is the supreme word alchemist.” Sunday Independent
“A miniature masterpiece.” Daily Mail
“A very moving depiction of a mind in dissolution at the very edge of death ... a powerful stiletto of a book.” Scotland on Sunday