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Anxious people : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Swedish Publication details: Toronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2020. Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada edDescription: 341 p. ; 23 cm. pbkISBN: 9781982121600 (trade pbk.)Uniform titles: Folk med �angest. English Subject(s): Hostages -- Fiction | Bank robberies -- Fiction | Theft -- Fiction | Sweden -- FictionGenre/Form: Humorous fiction. | Swedish fiction -- Translations into English. DDC classification: FIC BAC Summary: In a small town in Sweden it appears to be an ordinary day. But look more closely, and you'll see a mysterious masked figure approaching a bank. A bank robber on the run locks himself in with an over-enthusiastic estate agent, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a pregnant woman, a suicidal multi-millionaire and a rabbit. In the end the robber gives up and lets everyone go, but when the police storm the apartment it is empty. In a series of dysfunctional testimonies after the event, the witnesses all tell their version of what really happened and it's clear we have a classic locked-room mystery on our hands -- How did the robber manage to escape? Why is everyone so angry? And -- What is wrong with people these days?
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction pbk | Shelburne Public Library Shelves | Fiction | FIC BAC | Checked out | 03/30/2023 | 9500342672147 |
In a small town in Sweden it appears to be an ordinary day. But look more closely, and you'll see a mysterious masked figure approaching a bank. A bank robber on the run locks himself in with an over-enthusiastic estate agent, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a pregnant woman, a suicidal multi-millionaire and a rabbit. In the end the robber gives up and lets everyone go, but when the police storm the apartment it is empty. In a series of dysfunctional testimonies after the event, the witnesses all tell their version of what really happened and it's clear we have a classic locked-room mystery on our hands -- How did the robber manage to escape? Why is everyone so angry? And -- What is wrong with people these days?
Translated from the Swedish.
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