Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry Film Noir Light and Shadow

Film Noir Light and Shadow explores an era before CGI – a time when every photon mattered and the lighting of a set served a grander purpose than simply rendering its subjects visible

sometimes heartbreaking

Three classic works—including the virtuosic Revolutionary Road—that exemplify the remarkable gifts of this great American master

In that frozen moment

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

Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry Film Noir Light and ShadowWorking 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