The Bulls of Iberia

by Angus Macnab

“An account of what happens in the Bull Ring with some hints on how to get the best out of what you see and how to distinguish the good stuff from the fake.” So Angus MacNab, a Scott and now naturalized Spaniard, mostly describes this book. The Bulls of Iberia has no moralizing, romancing, or “literary” pretensions, it is a readable, factual, well illustrated description of the modern bullfight, of the bulls themselves, the ring in which they are fought, and the way the fighting is organized.
Though the author’s primary concern is to describe the bullfight as it exists today, it has changed a lot since Hemingway wrote “Death in the Afternoon”, he gives us other things too: stories of great toreros of the past and an unusual feature, exciting moment by moment account of recent fight, written up from notes scribbled down in the plaza at the time.
There have been many books on bullfighting, but for you and which expert knowledge and infectious enthusiasm are married so happily as in this one. The Bulls of Iberia can be recommended as a vade-mecum for those who know nothing about bullfighting, and aficionados will find in it much to confirm, challenge and add to their own knowledge.

264 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1957

About the author

John Angus Macnab (1906–1977) was a British fascist politician, writer and translator.

He was born in London of New Zealand–Scots parents and was the son of a well-known eye doctor.