Second Place by Rachel Cusk memoir From an acclaimed British author

From an acclaimed British author

Over the course of a single day

around 500 self-help manuals on manners were published

buried for centuries beneath the sands

Second Place by Rachel Cusk memoir From an acclaimed British authorA classic, but with contemporary urgency thumping through it.'Claire Louise Bennett, author of PondFrom the acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy, a fable of human destiny and decline, enacted in a closed system of intimate, fractured relationships. Praise for the Outline trilogy:'A landmark in twenty first century English literature.'Observer'Precise and haunting Unforgettable.'Jenny Offill'Achieves a kind of formal perfection masterly.'Sally