TY  - BOOK
AU  - Backman, Fredrik
TI  - A man called Ove
SN  - 9781444775815 (pbk.)
U1  - 839.738 BAC 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Sceptre
KW  - Communities
KW  - Communities Fiction
KW  - Conduct of life
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Friendship Fiction
KW  - Humorous fiction
N1  - Translated from the Swedish; Summary:"Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - joggers, neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly and shop assistants who talk in code. sn't it rare, these days, to find such old-fashioned clarity of belief and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the world should be, and a lifelong dedication to making it just so? In the end, you will see, there is something about Ove that is quite irresistible . . ." -- Back cover; Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him 'the bitter neighbour from hell'. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations
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