Kit De Waal: Common People [2019] paperback DESIG All that was familiar is

All that was familiar is changed into a shadowy

No one raises an eyebrow if you suggest that a guy who arranges his furniture just so

Byrne had been expelled and he quickly returned to his native city

What would Harry Potter be without Albus Dumbledore

Kit De Waal: Common People [2019] paperback DESIG All that was familiar isWorking 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