Anxious people a novel [LP]
Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits.
| Main Author: | Backman, Fredrik, 1981- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Smith, Neil (Translator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book Large Print |
| Language: | English Swedish |
| Published: |
Waterville, Maine :
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company,
2020.
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| Edition: | Large print edition. |
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| Summary: |
Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits. Viewing an apartment normally doesn't turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that: a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage. As police surround the premises and television channels broadcast the hostage situation live, the eight strangers begin opening up to one another. Before long, the robber must decide which is the more terrifying prospect: going out to face the police, or staying in the apartment with this group of impossible people. -- adapted from back cover |
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| Item Description: |
"Originally published in Sweden in 2019 as: Folk med aĚŠngest."--title page verso. |
| Physical Description: |
549 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781432879716 1432879715 |
| Author Notes: |
Carl Fredrik Backman is a Swedish columnist who grew up in Helsingborg. He has been writing for Helsingborgs Dagblad and Moore Magazine. He debuted in 2012 with the novel A Man Called Ove. He is also the author of My grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. Both were number one bestsellers in his native Sweden and have been published around the world in more than twenty-five languages. His title's, Beartown and Us Against You, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |