A man called Ove

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The million-copy bestselling phenomenon, Fredrik BackmanAPOSTROPHE_REPLs heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step. Perfect for fans of Rachel JoyceAPOSTROPHE_REPLs The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Graeme SimsionAPOSTROPHE_REPLs The Rosie Project and David NichollAPOSTROPHE_REPLs US. New York Times bestsellerAPOSTROPHE_REPLWarm, funny, and almost unbearably movingAPOSTROPHE_REPL Daily MailAPOSTROPHE_REPLRescued all those men who constantly mean to read novels but never get round to itAPOSTROPHE_REPL Spectator Books of the YearAt first sight, Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots – neighbours who canAPOSTROPHE_REPLt reverse a trailer properly, joggers, shop assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of the vicious coup dAPOSTROPHE_REPLetat that ousted him as Chairman of the ResidentsAPOSTROPHE_REPL Association. He will persist in making his daily inspection rounds of the local streets. But isnAPOSTROPHE_REPLt 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. . .

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