Kudos By Rachel Cusk
Kudos By Rachel Cusk Kudos is the final book in the Outline trilogy. Faye is out to promote her book in Europe. Like the other books in the trilogy, Faye is told various personal stories by several people she meets: a man on the plane, interviewers, fellow writers, and her son. Through these stories deep human questions are explored about love, family, justice, art, politics, and sorrow. The difference in Kudos is that Faye has more of a voice of her own. She expresses more opinions vocally than in the other two novels. It seems like the people she has met are far more interested in talking about themselves than in getting to know her, which is interesting given the "plot" of the book. Rather than talking about her work, the interviewers tell her stories and talk about themselves. Some time has past for Faye, who has remarried, though we aren't told anything about how that came to pass. Her children seem to be with their father a lot, and he seems to neglect to be wi...