{"product_id":"on-bullfighting-a-l-kennedy-9780224060998","title":"On Bullfighting. A. L. Kennedy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBullfighting - the ultimate spectator sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the best books of the year -- Jeanette Winterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Bullfighting\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003eInformative, minutely observed and beautifully written * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eAn ecclectic and fascinating cultural history * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA strange and beautiful book -- Michael Ignatieff","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151082254679,"sku":"9780224060998","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-bullfighting-a-l-kennedy-9780224060998","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}