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Life of M: From the author of the Outline trilogy
By (author) Rachel Cusk
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An irresistible novel of fame, power, beauty and truth -- 'Truly masterful, her best work so far. I loved it' Vincenzo Latronico A little while ago, I told the actor M that I was thinking of writing her autobiography. She liked the idea. She's a good sport. Would you just make it up? she said. M is a film star, and one of the most recognisable faces of our time. With such fame, her life has the appearance of freedom: people are instantly obliging, spaces are altered to accommodate her, time can be rearranged. For her, it seems, the rules of reality have melted away. Now M has agreed to let a stranger write her biography. Their project will sprawl and expand: to the olive groves and holiday beaches where M spends her days; across hotel rooms, bourgeois facades, film sets; through endless modern cities. It is hard not to feel ugly next to M, hard not to feel insignificant. But what truths - about the very experience of living - might this proximity allow the writer to briefly capture? And what in the end will M make of their work? In Life of M, Rachel Cusk has again fashioned a new kind of literature. A novel stripped of artifice, it takes our emptiness and fills it with grace. 'Electrifying . . . a deeply enjoyable addition to Cusk's canon concerning brilliant and divided women' Megan Nolan, Observer '[Cusk] is a disciple of the truth, and she helps us to see' Lucy Jones, Independent 'Roll up, wave a flag and join the crowds to watch Rachel Cusk continue her relentless march through life' Irish Times
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Publisher | Faber & Faber
Published date | 27 Aug 2026
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 192
Dimensions | 216 x 135 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-5713-9981-9
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BISAC | fiction / general
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