"This fine memoir is more insightful than gossipy, and as a subject Bacon is just about unbeatable." -- The New York Times
Michael Peppiatt first met Francis Bacon in a pub in Soho and was immediately swept up into the controversial painter's world. Over oysters and champagne, they embarked on a friendship that would endure for thirty years. This is the story of their lives, closely intertwined and recalled at their most extraordinary moments.
From Bacon's electrifying early exhibitions through the chaos of drink, drugs and gambling, Peppiatt became deeply involved with the ground-breaking genius. This intimate and revealing memoir brings vividly alive the art worlds of Paris and London and one of the most important artists of the twentieth century.
Part diary, part art history, part love letter, his memoir captures what it was like to know this brilliant, camp genius . an excellent glimpse into a vanished London bohemia
