The Temporary

The Temporary

by RachelCusk (Author)

Synopsis

When one of corporate London's transient typists unexpectedly crosses Ralph Loman's path, her disruptive beauty ignites a brief blaze of excitement in his troubled heart. But Francine Snaith is ravenous for attention, driven by a thirst for conquest, and when Ralph tries politely to extricate himself he finds he is bound in chains of consequence from which it seems there is no escape.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 03 Oct 2013

ISBN 10: 0571272118
ISBN 13: 9780571272112
Book Overview: The Temporary by Rachel Cusk is a darkly comic novel of office love and life.

Author Bio
Rachel Cusk was born in 1967 and is the author of eight novels: Saving Agnes, which won the Whitbread First Novel Award, The Temporary, The Country Life, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, The Lucky Ones, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award, In the Fold, Arlington Park, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, The Bradshaw Variations and Outline. Her non-fiction books are A Life's Work, The Last Supper and Aftermath. In 2003 she was chosen as one of Granta's Best of Young Novelists.