![]() ![]() This story is about a lot of things, but mostly about idiots. All it took was one single really bad idea. It was easy to get to this point, much easier than you might think. A stairwell full of police officers on their way to storm an apartment. With his signature understanding of human nature and authentic dialogue, Backman uses an unlikely situation to discuss friendship, forgiveness, and hope in even the most anxious times. Everyone in the apartment, robber included, is in search of some sort of rescue. The captives include a recently retired couple who prefer to focus on fixing up properties instead of their own marriage, a wealthy bank director whose career is his life, a young, constantly-bickering couple who are expecting their first child, an 87-year-old woman who could care less about the gun waving in her face, and a wheeling-and-dealing real estate agent who locked himself in the apartment’s only bathroom.Īs the hostage situation carries on and police surround the building, tensions boil over and grievances, hurts, secrets, and passions come to light. ![]() From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, Anxious People: A Novel is a surprisingly feel-good story for the subject matter. An apartment open-house changes from a run-of-the-mill real estate opportunity to a life-or-death struggle as a robber takes a group of strangers hostage at gunpoint. ![]()
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