University City Public Library Book Challenge: Anxious People By Fredrik Backman

Press release from the University City Public Library Book Challenge:

Friday, December 25, 2020

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (©2019; translation ©2020) 341 pages

If you've never read Fredrik Backman, you must! A failed bank robber's entrance into an open house of an apartment for sale affects the lives of every person at the scene, including those of the policemen who respond, but not in the way that you think it will. The characters first strike me as somewhat ornery, but stay and watch all of them turn into people you care about. An important backdrop to the story is a suicide that had occurred ten years previously, with connections from that suicide weaving themselves into the present day. Despite that event, the book is uplifting.

Backman's page of thanks at the end reveal that his characters portray issues very close to him. He brings it all to life in this extraordinary book.

This press release was produced by the University City Public Library Book Challenge. The views expressed are the author's own.