Brilliant prose and piercing insights convey a dark but compelling view of human nature." - Kirkus (starred review) "Once again, Cusk (the "Outline" trilogy) delivers a novel so thorny with ideas that every sentence merits a careful reading, yet crafted in language as ringingly clear as fine crystal. It's a novel that feels timeless, while dealing with ferocious modern questions." - Publishers' Weekly (starred review) "Highly praised for her recent, decidedly nonlinear Outline Trilogy, Cusk here rediscovers the joys of plot. There is the erudition of the author's Outline trilogy here, but with a tightly contained dramatic narrative. Second Place is about how to survive the perils of middle age, how to find both security and freedom in equal measure, and how human longing shades, all too easily, into self-destruction." - Vogue (Most Anticipated) "Cusk, a virtuoso of our interior lives and the author of the renowned Outline Trilogy, here spins a captivating, compulsively readable tale-part confession, part allegory-that unflinchingly peers into the crevices of relationships." - O, the Oprah Magazine (Most Anticipated) "Cusk's intelligent, sparkling return (after Kudos ) centers on a woman in crisis. To (perilously) extend this metaphor let's call Cusk's new novel Second Place a weird wonderful glass of orange wine, unfiltered, even funky.
Second Place is a deeply philosophical book about what happens when you confuse art with life." - Vulture (Most Anticipated) "A friend once described a Cusk novel-2014's Outline -as a glass of Sancerre: very dry, very cold, totally perfect. As with Cusk's Outline trilogy, it takes seriously the complex emotional geometries between ordinary people. It's a novel that feels timeless, while dealing with ferocious modern questions." - Publishers' Weekly (Starred Review), Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by: Buzzfeed, Vogue, O, Elle, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, BookPage, The Millions, Lit Hub, The Seattle Times, Esquire, New Statesman, Paperback Paris, The Week, Town and Country "The plot is simple, but the way it unfolds is as nuanced as ever, narrated in M's second person to someone offstage.
"Cusk's intelligent, sparkling return (after Kudos ) centers on a woman in crisis.
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