RaveCleveland Review of BooksLife of M follows Cusk’s post-Outline output as an extension and escalation of these dually committed inquiries into novelistic form and the relationship between creator and creation. However, Life of M shifts the central medium to acting and performance—a narrative shift that activates a thematic shift ... By casting an actor into the protagonist role, Cusk forces a confrontation with the impossibility of separating creator and creation.
