Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry and a testament to the

and a testament to the power of the human spirit

summoning up the courage to be heard in a crowded room

Written with a precision that captures every emotion

Fifteen years on

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

Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry and a testament to theWorking 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