Alex Clark

An impossible guest: Second Place, by Rachel Cusk, reviewed

D.H. Lawrence’s callous treatment of his hostess Mabel Dodge Luhan in Taos, New Mexico, in the 1920s is the inspiration for Cusk’s latest novel

Mabel Dodge Luhan at Taos. Credit: Getty Images
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  • Second Place

    Rachel Cusk

    Faber, pp. 208, £14

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