extraspecialbitter reviewed The Death of Manolete by Barnaby Conrad
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3 stars
A flowery, reverential epitaph for a larger-than-life hero from the bullring's golden age. The effusive praise of Manolete's skill in the ring, in contrast with his awkwardness and melancholy outside of it, is very much a Spanish cliche, but the generous, dramatic use of real footage makes this short book an honest keepsake of the spectacle that is bullfighting.