Supporting Act

Reviews / Votes

'A powerhouse novel about the construction and execution of female identity. In its pages, motherhood, marriage and the very notion of care are meticulously deconstructed. What a writer Agnes Lidbeck is - bold, blisteringly intelligent, deliciously playful.'
- Katie Kitamura, author of Audition and Intimacies

'Taut, restrained, fiercely frank, Agnes Lidbeck's SUPPORTING ACT is a feminist tour de force.'
- Claire Messud, author of This Strange Eventful History

'Perfectly captures the feminised dream-state of caring - and living - for others.'
- Stephanie Sy-Quia, author of A Private Man and Amnion

'As a meditation of the role of women, the novel's bluntness belies its complexity. Lidbeck brilliantly depicts the psychology of a person bent on moulding themselves to others' desires.'
- Literary Review

'In my years as a literary critic I have rarely come across anything like it. Supporting Act is a sensational debut.'
- Expressen

'Agnes Lidbeck's cold, precise prose scrutinizes the fulfillment of the demands and rituals of love.'
- Svenska Dagbladet



'Agnes Lidbeck has written a sharp and haunting debut.'
- Kulturnytt, Radio P1



'A powerful novel about submission.'
- Vi Laser Magazine



'It is a striking satire... In the details, in the attention to the social game and, in the psychological realism of the moments, Supporting Act is at times genius.'
- Nordvastra Skanes Tidningar

'Sometimes you come across real gems: books that are interesting, well-written and well balanced between a neat linguistic style and an engaging story. Rarely, they come from debutants. Agnes Lidbeck's debut novel, about women's roles, self-realization and being content, is an exception.'
- Boras Tidning