On Bullfighting

Oct 7, 2024 12:23 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

Bold and unflinching

—— Washington Post

Captivating . . . an emotional memoir . . . The author takes readers on a roller-coaster ride from the height of Hollywood fame to his darkest days . . . In one heartbreaking passage, Reeve writes how he wanted to die after his Memorial Day accident until his wife urged him to live

—— New York Daily News

Inspiring

—— Los Angeles Times

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