Common People: An Anthology of Working Class Writers by Paul McVeigh, Anita Sethi, Lisa McInerney, Dave O'Brien, Damian Barr, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Adam Sharp, Chris McCrudden, Tony Walsh, Louise Doughty, Kit de Waal, Adelle Stripe, Daljit Nagra, Malorie Blackman, Stuart Maconie, Alex Wheatle, Jill Dawson, Lisa Blower

320 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir short stories informative reflective slow-paced

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Common People is a collection of essays, poems and pieces of personal memoir, bringing together sixteen well-known writers from working class backgrounds with an equal number of brand new as-yet-unpublished writers from all over the UK.Too often, ...

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informative 75%
reflective 66%
emotional 50%
funny 41%
challenging 33%
hopeful 25%
inspiring 16%
sad 16%
dark 8%
lighthearted 8%

Pace

medium 45%
slow 27%
fast 27%

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