On Bullfighting

Oct 1, 2024 10:42 PM

Author:A.L. Kennedy

On Bullfighting

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 her own, and mankind's, mortality.

Reviews

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

Witty and well observed and, on the subject of music, inspiring

—— Sunday Tribune

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