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Tade thompson books5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Those demons step out of the shadows, driving Thompson-the-narrator into all sorts of risky behaviour - financial, sexual, and spiritual. The line between real life and fiction, between art and illusion, however becomes paper thin. We also learn a lot about the (fictional? I hope so) Thompson. In documenting that obsession, we get a lot of information about Bacon, one of those artists whose creativity and wider life were closely associated with his demons. And Jackdaw certainly is that - following that protagonist as he spirals into an, eventually, dangerous obsession with Bacon. In the book Thompson - the doctor who is the protagonist of the book, not the doctor who is the author of it - is approached with a commission to produce something inspired by the artist Francis Bacon. Jackdaw showcases Thompson writing in a rather different vein from his previous fantasy and SF, I think. ![]()
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