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Beartown: From The New York Times Bestselling Author of A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
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Description for Beartown: From The New York Times Bestselling Author of A Man Called Ove
Paperback.
In a large Swedish forest Beartown hides a dark secret . . . Cut-off from everywhere else it experiences the kind of isolation that tears people apart. And each year more and more of the town is swallowed by the forest. Then the town is offered a bright new future. But it is all put in jeopardy by a single, brutal act. It divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and forgotten, and those who'll risk everything to see justice done. Who will speak up? Could you stand by and stay silent? Or would you risk everything for justice? Which side would you be on? 'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown and felt ripped apart by the events in the book' JOJO MOYES, bestselling author of Me Before You 'Surrounded by impenetrable forests, Beartown recreates the stifling atmosphere of a dying community. A mature, compassionate novel' Sunday Times 'You'll love this engrossing novel' People 'Backman is a masterful writer' Kirkus Review
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405930208
SKU
9781405930208
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
About Fredrik Backman
Fredrik Backman is the number one New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove - now in development as a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks. His subsequent fiction includes My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown and Us Against You. Beartown is being adapted for HBO by the team behind The Bridge. He is also the author of two novellas: And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer and The Deal of a Lifetime. Fredrik Backman's books are published in more than forty countries and have sold over 10 million copies. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.
Reviews for Beartown: From The New York Times Bestselling Author of A Man Called Ove
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
An uplifting, life-affirming and often comic tale of how kindness, love and happiness can be found in the most unlikely places
Sunday Express
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
Delightful ... the perfect holiday read
Evening Standard
It's warm, funny, and ultimately almost unbearably moving
Daily Mail
Praise for A Man Called Ove
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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
As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson.
The New York Times Book Review
Friday Night Lights for Swedes
O Magazine 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
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
Joenkoepings-Posten, Sweden
Surrounded by impenetrable forests, it recreates the stifling atmosphere of a dying community. This is a mature, compassionate novel.
Sunday Times
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
Jojo Moyes
bestselling author of Me Before You
Independent
An uplifting, life-affirming and often comic tale of how kindness, love and happiness can be found in the most unlikely places
Sunday Express
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
Delightful ... the perfect holiday read
Evening Standard
It's warm, funny, and ultimately almost unbearably moving
Daily Mail
Praise for A Man Called Ove
-
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
As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson.
The New York Times Book Review
Friday Night Lights for Swedes
O Magazine 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
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
Joenkoepings-Posten, Sweden
Surrounded by impenetrable forests, it recreates the stifling atmosphere of a dying community. This is a mature, compassionate novel.
Sunday Times
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
Jojo Moyes
bestselling author of Me Before You