Jackdaw
Tade Thompson
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.
HARDBACK PUBLISHED ON: 06/10/2022
£15.00
ISBN: 9781800811652
Praise for Jackdaw
‘Jackdaw is an original and compelling account of a writer so desperate not to short-change his subject that he descends into a cycle of degradation and madness’ Financial Times
‘a wild, darkly comic nightmare set on the borderlines of creativity, imagination and madness’ Guardian
‘a darkly weird thunderbolt of a novella… by the end you can practically taste the tang of scorched earth in the air’ Daily Mail
About the author
Tade Thompson is a Yoruba writer best known for his Arthur C. Clarke Award and Nommo Award winning novel ROSEWATER and the Shirley Jackson Award nominated novella THE MURDERS OF MOLLY SOUTHBOURNE. His novels, novellas and short stories have been finalists for the Locus Awards, the Hugo Award, The Philip K. Dick Award, the British Science Fiction Award, The John W. Campbell Award, The Theodore Sturgeon Award among others. He has multiple works under development for screen adaptation. He lives and works in the United Kingdom.