Record Number |
833023 |
ISBN |
9780718186623 (paperback) |
9781405930253 (paperback) |
Author |
Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author. |
Title |
Anxious people / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Michael Joseph, 2020. |
©2020 |
Pagination etc. |
339 pages ; 24 cm. |
Contents note |
"One bank robber. Seven strangers. And a really bad idea ..."--Cover. |
Summary Note |
In a small town in Sweden it appears to be an ordinary day. But look more closely, and you'll see a mysterious masked figure approaching a bank. A bank robber on the run locks himself in with an over-enthusiastic estate agent, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a pregnant woman, a suicidal multi-millionaire and a rabbit. In the end the robber gives up and lets everyone go, but when the police storm the apartment it is empty. In a series of dysfunctional testimonies after the event, the witnesses all tell their version of what really happened and it's clear we have a classic locked-room mystery on our hands – How did the robber manage to escape? Why is everyone so angry? And – What is WRONG with people these days? |
Language note |
Translated from the Swedish. |
Subject |
Hostages -- Fiction |
Bank robberies -- Fiction |
Theft -- Fiction |
City and town life -- Sweden -- Fiction |
Sweden -- Fiction |
Humorous fiction. |
Psychological fiction. |
Added Author |
Smith, Neil (Neil Andrew) translator. |
Shelf Location |
F BACK |