nytimes September 9, 2021 2:01pm A Writer’s Deathbed Portrait of Francis Bacon #portermaxauthor #baconfrancis #murphycillian #peppiattmichael #griefemotion #booksandliterature #contenttypepersonalprofile #artanddesign #news A Writer’s Deathbed Portrait of Francis Bacon Max Porter’s new novel imagines the last days of a painter who shares his obsession with mortality.