A metafictional author descends into obsession and madness while channeling Francis Bacon's psyche, blurring art, vice, and reality.
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A metafictional author descends into obsession and madness while channeling Francis Bacon's psyche, blurring art, vice, and reality.
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In this shocking, and at times darkly comic, novel, a psychiatrist hired to write a short piece on Francis Bacon becomes obsessed with the artist, his life, and the characters who surrounded him. As he becomes consumed with the need to understand Bacon, and to create his own art, his grip on reality becomes increasingly tenuous, and he is haunted by disturbing figures. This short, bold piece of fiction explores how the passion needed to create art can also destroy the artist
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Sexual content
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Sexual fixation and frequent risky sexual encounters as narrator emulates Bacon's lifestyle.
Violence & gore
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References to violence and bodily torment tied to Bacon's art and themes of degradation.
Profanity
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Substance use
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Drug use and other vices depicted amid narrator's spiral into excess.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Exploration of Francis Bacon's homosexual relationships and related sexual themes.
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Hauntings by spectral figures, visions, and attempts to contact the dead.
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Mental deterioration and self-destructive behavior without explicit suicide attempts.
Abuse & suffering
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Themes of degradation, cruelty, and systemic suffering through obsessive emulation.
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