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"NPR Bestseller Boston Globe Bestseller In this &#8220;charming debut&#8221; (People) from one of Sweden&#8217;s most successful authors, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.Meet Ove. He&#8217;s a curmudgeon&#8212;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 &#8220;the bitter neighbor from hell.&#8221; But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217; association to their very foundations. A feel-good story in the spirit of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Major Pettigrew&#8217;s Last Stand, Fredrik Backman&#8217;s novel about the angry old man next door is a thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless others. &#8220;If there was an award for &#8216;Most Charming Book of the Year,&#8217; this first novel by a Swedish blogger-turned-overnight-sensation would win hands down&#8221; (Booklist, starred review)."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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