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A composite of Natalie Portman and Rachel Cusk, with a repeated background pattern of the book cover of Life of M (Credit: Siemon Scamell-Katz/ Getty Images)

The literary novel causing a Hollywood scandal

Controversy is swirling around Rachel Cusk's new novel and its movie-star protagonist named "M". Why the fuss – and could the character be based on Natalie Portman?