Summary
A. L. Kennedy’s highly acclaimed reflections on the bloodiest of the blood sports - ‘as artful as a matador’s final pass’ (Esquire).
Bullfighting - the ultimate spectator sport.
Acclaimed novelist A. L. Kennedy unpeels the layers and explains the mechanics before dissecting them with surgical precision. Beyond the theatre, the costume and the well-worn plot she focuses on the fact that a man faces his death while a crowd looks on. The result is a startling confrontation with h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224060998 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224060996 |
| Author: | A.L. Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Yellow Jersey Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2000 |
| Weight: | 95g |
| Dimensions: | 167mm x 105mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Yellow Jersey shorts |
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Critics Review
One of the best books of the year – Jeanette Winterson
On Bullfighting casts an unofficial eye over a world of male exploit; the public spectacles are treated with a fresh particularity, the inner landscapes of pain with an ardent, high-risk honesty – Julain Barnes
Informative, minutely observed and beautifully written * Independent *
An ecclectic and fascinating cultural history * Observer *
A strange and beautiful book – Michael Ignatieff
A thrilling and thought-provoking read – John Banville * Irish Times *
About The Author
A.L. Kennedy
A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards - including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.
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