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Highly acclaimed study of the bloodiest of blood sports. Hemingway, Lorca and Conrad were all gripped by the spectacle which, as Kennedy points out, has at its core a man facing death. "Odd, beautiful and moving." "Jeanette Winterson"
Synopsis
Deals with Bullfighting. This title unpeels the layers and explains the mechanics before dissecting them with surgical precision. It focuses on the fact that a man faces his death while a crowd looks on.