Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry and a “modern classic …

and a “modern classic … rich and essential” ( Los Angeles Times Book Review )

Winner of the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year award

Written with a precision that captures every emotion

passionate ideals

In that frozen moment

Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry and a “modern classic …Working class stories are not always tales of the underprivileged and dispossessed. Common People is a collection of essays, poems and memoir written in celebration, not apology: these are narratives rich in barbed humour, reflecting the depth and texture of working class life, the joy and sorrow, the solidarity and the differences, the everyday wisdom and poetry of the woman at the bus stop, the waiter, the hairdresser. Here, Kit de Waal brings