{"product_id":"9781800811652","title":"Jackdaw","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Thompson, Tade \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 October 2022 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 160 pages, None\u003cbr\u003e137 x 206 x 21 | 270g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A wild, darkly comic nightmare set on the borderlines of creativity, imagination and madness.' Guardian'Thompson's prose, contaminated by Bacon's unflinching view of the human animal, makes for vital, unsettling reading' - Will Maclean, author of The Apparition PhaseIn this shocking, and at times darkly comic, novel, a psychiatrist hired to write a short piece on Francis Bacon becomes obsessed with the artist, his life, and the characters who surrounded him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he becomes consumed with the need to understand Bacon, and to create his own art, his grip on reality becomes increasingly tenuous, and he is haunted by disturbing figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis short, bold piece of fiction, explores how the passion needed to create art can also destroy the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48374318137668,"sku":"9781800811652","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/31fee5eb8fb55ba7c2c892afdbe7d266.png?v=1752766336","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.pro\/products\/9781800811652","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}