A slim, formally daring novella imagining the final hours of the painter Francis Bacon.

Porter inhabits the dissolving interior of the artist at the edge of death. As his memory splinters and flesh distorts, the prose reflects. Porter challenged himself to portray the the violence and vulnerability of Bacon’s paintings.

It's much closer to prose-poetry than traditional narrative, and if you're looking for Lanny, this is something much shorter and stylistically experimental for Porter.

For readers interested in Francis Bacon, contemporary literary fiction, art-world writing, and formally inventive short novels. Also suited to those who enjoy writers such as Anne Carson, Jenny Offill, Jon Fosse, or other authors working at the edge of fiction and essay.