{"product_id":"9780571399802","title":"Life of M : From the author of the Outline trilogy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Rachel Cusk\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 August 2026 by Faber \u0026amp; Faber in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e144 x 225 x 23 | 308g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW **An irresistible novel of fame, power, beauty and truth -- 'Truly masterful, her best work so far. I loved it' Vincenzo LatronicoA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eM 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Electrifying . . . a deeply enjoyable addition to Cusk's canon concerning brilliant and dividedwomen' 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56882197660034,"sku":"9780571399802","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780571399802.jpg?v=1788248867","url":"https:\/\/www.castlebookshopludlow.info\/products\/9780571399802","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}