‘It has reached the stage where an effective modern curse might be “May you appear in a Rachel Cusk book”.’
I wrote about writers who put real people in their novels - and get in trouble.
thetimes.com
That’s me in your novel! The perils of writers who borrow from real life
Author Rachel Cusk has caused a fuss for her portrayal of an actress uncannily similar to her friend Natalie Portman. She’s part of a long and inglorious literary tradition