The author of My Name is Leon delivers a collection of bittersweet tales revolving around love, loss and the fleeting moments of high drama in otherwise ordinary lives. Poignant, tender and perceptive, Supporting Cast is an understated gem.
From the acclaimed author of My Name is Leon
As she walks out of her marriage, a woman remembers the day her husband rescued a boy from drowning.
A blind man on his wedding day celebrates the pursuit of love.
And a young man leaves prison with only one desire - to see his son again.
Kit de Waal's characters light up the page in vivid stories of thwarted desire, love and loss. With power and precision, humanity and insight, Supporting Cast captures the extraordinary moments in our ordinary lives, and the darkness and the joy of the everyday.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241973424
Number of pages: 144
Weight: 108 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 8 mm
Kit de Waal has written? a book that is absolutely right for the summer of 2020 . . . This is a book you could read on a journey, on a beach, in a single sitting between dinner and bedtime. And afterwards feel more connected to the world... It's a treat for her many existing fans - but new readers can very much start here - Financial Times
It's so good. Full of Kit's trademark humanity. I can feel my heart grow with every word - Cathy Rentzenbrink
Stunning. What an experience, the brightest and most beautiful break in the clouds. Kit is in utter command of language and story here, and wields them like no other writer - Donal Ryan
Kit has the most marvellous gift of getting to the marrow of her characters and this collection of vignettes from the lives of her characters, peripheral, and not so peripheral, is a magnificent study of humanity in all its various sorrows. Her writing is exquisite, not a word is wasted and the stories are beautiful in their simplicity and truth - Liz Nugent
Written with such beauty - Prima
Stories of everyday lives that will resonate and move you utterly - Stylist
Superb. [The characters] blaze into richly imagined lives full of loss, love, abandonment and heartfelt hope - Daily Mail
An emotionally sure-handed novel exploring harrowing terrain with deft sensitivity - Sunday Times on The Trick to Time
The unforgettable story of a boy struggling to belong. Heartbreaking and uplifting - just read it - Daily Mail on My Name is Leon
Devastatingly emotional. De Waal's storytelling gives us the poetry and sorrow of life itself - Financial Times on The Trick to Time
Tender and heart-breaking - Rachel Joyce on My Name is Leon
This is an eclectic mix of short stories from the very talented Kit de Waal. Some are extremely short but they are thoughtful, incisive and encompass a whole range of human emotions. There’s a poignancy in quite a few... More
I love Kit de Waals writing. I'm not a big fan of short stories but I make an exception for Kit de Waal. She writes with such feeling I always feel like I know the characters personally. The stories bring out all... More
I'm not really a fan of short stories but when they have been written by Kit De Waal, I was intrigued. The stories all differ in length. The stories are about characters you will have already met if you've... More
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