Anxious People: A Novel by Fredrik Backman by Backman, Fredrik

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, the new novel from the author of A Man Called Ove is a “quirky, big-hearted novel… .Wry, wise, and often laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a wholly original story that delivers pure pleasure” ( People ). Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fi