A dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream and the price required to make it come true. From international bestseller Fredrik Backman.
Number 1 New York Times bestseller FREDRIK BACKMAN made his literary debut in 2012 with the global sensation A Man Called Ove - now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks. Wickedly funny, touching and wise, Fredrik Backman's novels are odysseys of the ordinary man and woman, and stunningly moving tales of everyday courage. Up to now, Fredrik Backman has written seven highly acclaimed novels, two heartfelt novellas about life and love, and one non-fiction book about parenthood. His books have sold more than 18 million copies in 46 languages and the Swedish film adaption of A Man Called Ove was nominated for two Academy Awards. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.
I wasn't sure I would love a novel centred on hockey - but as with
Friday Night Lights this is actually a story about people - about
strength and tribal loyalty and what we unwittingly do when trying
to show our boys how to be men. I utterly believed in the residents
of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book
*bestselling author of Me Before You*
Surrounded by impenetrable forests, it recreates the stifling
atmosphere of a dying community. This is a mature, compassionate
novel.
*Sunday Times*
A story about families, about friendship and loyalty, inequality,
female vulnerability, male back-slapping, and parenthood ... No
person's story is too little to be told, Backman includes them all.
A novel with a big heart
*Jönköpings-Posten, Sweden*
A kind of problem play that moves extremely skilfully near the
melodramatic without derailing. Its originality is substantial and
the book credibly conveys the dual faces of everyday life. An
impressive novel, like no other
*BTJ, Sweden*
Friday Night Lights for Swedes
*O Magazine*
As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and
Stieg Larsson.
*The New York Times Book Review*
Backman is a masterful writer, his characters familiar yet
distinct, flawed yet heroic. . . There are scenes that bring tears,
scenes of gut-wrenching despair, and moments of sly humor. . .Like
Friday Night Lights, this is about more than youth sports; it's
part coming-of-age novel, part study of moral failure, and finally
a chronicle of groupthink in which an unlikely hero steps forward
to save more than one person from self-destruction. A thoroughly
empathetic examination of the fragile human spirit, Backman's
latest will resonate a long time.
*Kirkus Reviews*
Praise for A Man Called Ove
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It's warm, funny, and ultimately almost unbearably moving
*Daily Mail*
Delightful ... the perfect holiday read
*Evening Standard*
A warm and tender story about love, loss and second chances,
peppered with memorable characters, wonderful set pieces and some
beautifully black humour. Ove is a joy from start to finish
*Gavin Extence, author of The Universe versus Alex Woods*
An uplifting, life-affirming and often comic tale of how kindness,
love and happiness can be found in the most unlikely places
*Sunday Express*
Backman can tickle the funny bone and tug on the heart strings when
he needs to, and is a clever enough storyteller to not overindulge
in either
*Independent*
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