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    A Man Called Ove: The global bestselling phenomenon

    Fredrik Backman

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    NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS

    The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step.

    'Warm, funny, and almost unbearably moving' Daily Mail

    'Delightful . . . the perfect holiday read' Evening Standard

    Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - joggers, neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly and shop assistants who talk in code.

    But isn't 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 . . .

    'Hilarious and heart-breaking' Stylist

    'Rescued all those men who constantly mean to read novels but never get round to it' Spectator Books of the Year

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    More books by Fredrik Backman
    Britt-Marie Was Here
    Fredrik Backman
    Britt-Marie Was Here
    My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
    Fredrik Backman
    My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises

    Praise for A Man Called Ove

    • Delightful ... the perfect holiday read. - Evening Standard

    • It's the most enchanting, beautiful tale.

    • A warm and tender story about love, loss and second chances, peppered with memorable characters, wonderful set pieces and some beautifully black humour. Ove is a joy from start to finish.

    • An uplifting, life-affirming and often comic tale of how kindness, love and happiness can be found in the most unlikely places. - Sunday Express

    • A charming debut. - People

    • A Man Called Ove is a wonderful novel that will stay with you . . . Ove's story has an underlying sadness which the author tackles with great warmth and humour . . . It's a bittersweet, heart-warming tale which will leave listeners with a restored faith in the power of friendship and perhaps even a love for cats. - Psychologies Magazine

    • Hilarious and heart-breaking. - Stylist

    • It's warm, funny, and ultimately almost unbearably moving. - Daily Mail

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    Fredrik Backman

    Fredrik Backman

    Fredrik Backman made his literary debut in 2012 with the global sensation A Man Called Ove. He has written seven highly acclaimed novels, including My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises and Britt-Marie Was Here; two heartfelt novellas about life and love; and one non-fiction book about parenthood. His books have sold more than 18 million copies in 46 languages. The Swedish-language film adaptation of A Man Called Ove was nominated for two Academy Awards, and more recently the book was adapted into a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks.

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