This amusing send-up of contemporary Swedish society is worth a look. While the prose is chockablock with odd metaphors (“Our hearts are bars of soap that we keep losing hold of”) and a plot twist leans on societal assumptions, Backman charms with his empathetic description of the robber, who gradually earns sympathy from the hostages. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 4.6 (108) Paperback 13.99 17.00 Save 18 BN Exclusive 22.49 Hardcover 23.48 Paperback 13.99 eBook 12.99 Audiobook 0.00 Large Print 18.00 Audio CD 29. For Anna-Lena and Roger, busy buying up apartments to fill the hole in. Backman layers the hostage scene with threads of backstory on Zara’s regret for denying a loan to a man ten years earlier, along with developments in Jack and Jim’s investigation. Fredrik Backman - Anxious People - Second-hand english book to deliver in Zurich.
The appearance of a man wearing nothing but underwear and a bunny mask, hired by the flippers to sabotage the open house, adds to the drama. Meanwhile, father and son police officers Jim and Jack scramble into action. The attendees, including a heavily pregnant, first-time home-buying lesbian couple an apartment-flipping older couple and Zara, an executive at another bank, become hostages. After the police arrive, the amateur stickup artist flees and stumbles into an apartment’s open house. On the day before New Year’s Eve, in a “not particularly large or noteworthy town,” a desperate parent attempts to rob a bank in order to provide for two young children. A diverse assortment of Swedes gets caught in an unlikely hostage situation in Backman’s witty, lighthearted romp (after Us Against You). Anxious People: A Novel Kindle Edition by Fredrik Backman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 62,355 ratings Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.
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