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Anxious people, Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith

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Anxious people, Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith

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eng

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fiction

Main title

Anxious people

Responsibility statement

Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith

Summary

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?

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