The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon :The Authorized Biography

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The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon :The Authorized Biography

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Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life. In this, the first-ever book to be written about him, Daniel Farson, friend and confidant to Bacon for over forty years, gives a highly personal, first-hand account of the man as he knew him. From his sexual adventures to his rise from obscurity to international fame, Farson gives us unique insight into Bacon's genius.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780099307815
ISBN10 0099307812
Number Of Pages 320
Item Weight 222 g
Product Dimensions 128 x 196 x 20 mm
Publisher / Reseller Vintage Publishing
Format paperback
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The most fascinatingly provocative, intimate study of an artist I have ever read -- Patrick Skene Catling * Evening Standard *
It preserves precisely the aspects of Bacon that will be hardest for scholarly researchers to capture... no-one can convey better than Farson the fun of Bacon's company and the louche adventures of the Soho underworld -- Lynn Barber * Independent on Sunday *
Positively Runyonesque...well-written, entertaining, and above all, thought-provoking -- David Mellor * Daily Telegraph *
Startlingly revealing * Times Literary Supplement *

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Author's Bio

The son of the legendary American foreign correspondent, Negley Farson, Daniel became the youngest ever Parliamentary and Lobby Correspondent in the House of Commons aged 17. While working as a photographer for Picture Post, he drifted into Soho and at the age of 23 met Francis Bacon.

He 'stumbled' into television in the early days of ITV becoming a leading interviewer with his own series. Then in 1964 on a sudden impulse, Daniel Farson abandoned television and Soho for the house left him by his parents in North Devon - 'in order to find out if I could write'. Subsequent books include his bestseller Jack the Ripper, The Man Who Wrote Dracula, a biography of his great-uncle Bram Stoker; the historical novel Swansdowne on convicts sent to Tasmania; books on Turkey; and several which combine his photographs with his reminicences: Soho in the Fifties; Sacred Monster; Escapades; Limehouse Days; Gilbert & George in Moscow.

Daniel Farson died in 1997.

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