The Temporary Av Rachel Cusk

<p><b>Rachel Cusk’s second novel is a ruthless, surprising story of work, gender, and control.</b><br><br>Ralph Loman is working in an unsatisfying job at a free London newspaper when Francine Snaith, a temporary secretary for a corporate finance firm, unexpectedly crosses his path at a party. Her beauty ignites a blaze of excitement in his troubled heart. But Francine is ravenous for attention, driven by a thirst for conquest, and when Ralph tries politely to extricate himself, he finds he is bound by chains of consequence from which it seems there is no escape. In <i>The Temporary</i>, Rachel Cusk paints a merciless portrait of the cut and thrust of modern romance, work, and life.</p>