The New York Journal of Books: In top form with this biography
“An engrossing portrait of the artist, his art, and his incorrigible personality. . . . [Stevens and Swan] are in top form with this biography. Their detailed analysis of Bacon’s artwork is vigorous and accessible and [. . .] as interesting as their chronicles of Bacon’s sex life, gambling, professional feuds, and glamorous art gallery fetes.”
Lew Whittington, “An Engrossing Portrait of the artist, his art, and his incorrigible personality,” The New York Journal of Books, March 30, 2021.