Supporting Act

"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

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

"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