{"product_id":"life-of-m-signed-copy","title":"Life of M - Signed Indie Exclusive Copy","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"174\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"174\"\u003eSIGNED HARDBACK PRE-ORDER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"234\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"234\"\u003eSigned Hardback Pre-Order | \u003cem data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"217\"\u003eLife of M\u003c\/em\u003e by Rachel Cusk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"504\"\u003ePre-order a signed hardback copy of \u003cem data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"283\"\u003eLife of M\u003c\/em\u003e by Rachel Cusk, the acclaimed author of the \u003cem data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"337\"\u003eOutline\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy. This new work of contemporary fiction is perfect for readers who enjoy elegant literary writing, sharp observation and thoughtful character-led storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"661\"\u003ePublished by Faber \u0026amp; Faber, this 192-page hardback is a concise and highly anticipated new release from one of modern literature’s most distinctive voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"776\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"684\"\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 27 August 2026. All signed hardback pre-orders will be dispatched as soon as stock arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"904\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eSecure your signed copy today from an independent UK bookshop. Carefully packaged to ensure it arrives in excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the critically-acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy, an irresistible novel of fame, power, beauty and truth -- and a blazing renovation of the form\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eM is a film star, and one of the most recognisable faces of our time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow 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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLife of M\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachel Cusk has again fashioned a new kind of literature. A novel stripped of artifice, it takes our emptiness and fills it with grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It is truly masterful, her best work so far. I loved it' Vincenzo Latronico \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Cusk] is a disciple of the truth, and she helps us to see' Lucy Jones, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Roll up, wave a flag and join the crowds to watch Rachel Cusk continue her relentless march through life' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cusk, Rachel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56712524267906,"sku":"9780571399802","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9780571399802.jpg?v=1781611259","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/life-of-m-signed-copy","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}