Celebrity, sex and motherhood misery: the 10 best books by Rachel Cusk … ranked!
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From an abstract portrait of an actor who might be Natalie Portman to a groundbreaking work of autofiction, we rate the best from the coolly controversial author In Cusk’s headline-grabbing latest, a writer invents the biography of a film star who sounds very like Natalie Portman.
Set in the now standard late-Cusk sans serif typeface (no frivolous flourishes! ), Life of M serves up observations on fame in a light fictional coating. “To always be playing a part is to have no home. ” Having made her name as a devilishly good creator of brainy social comedies, Cusk’s pivot to wintry autofiction since the Outline trilogy appears to have reached its logical…
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