Rachel Cusk’s novel in ten conversations, the first in a critically-acclaimed trilogy, has a star narrator in Kristin Scott Thomas in…

Summary The first in Rachel Cusk’s critically-acclaimed trilogy, shortlisted for the Folio Prize and the Goldsmith Prize and longlisted for the IMPAC Prize. Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Spare and lucid, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing over an oppressively hot summer in Athens. She leads her student in storytelling exercises. She meets other writers for dinner. She goes swimming in the Ionian Sea with her seatmate from the place. The people she encounters speak volubly about themselves, their fantasies, anxieties, pet theories, regrets, and longings. And through these disclosures, a portrait of the narrator is drawn by contrast, a portrait of a woman learning to face great a great loss. Length: 6 hours, 23 minutes. Exclusive to Faber and independent bookshops. Audiobook in a Card: How it Works Each card includes space to write a personal message and comes with a plain kraft envelope – ready to post or give in person. The recipient simply scans the QR code inside to unlock the full-length audiobook through the Spiracle app. No subscription needed.