![]() ![]() My introduction to Fredrick Backman was his wonderful, ‘My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry’, which was filled with strong characters and challenging ideas, bound together by a little bit of hope and a lot of compassion. And when on a November morning his new (foreign) neighbours in the terraced house opposite accidentally flatten Ove’s letterbox, it sets off a comical and heart-warming tale of unexpected friendship which will change one man – and one community – from their very foundations. He moves bicycles and checks the contents of recycling bins, even though it’s been years since he was fired as Chairman of the Residents’ Association in a vicious ‘coup d’état’.īut behind the surly pedant there is a story, and a sadness. ![]() ![]() He is described by those around his as ‘the neighbour from hell’.Every morning he makes his inspection rounds of the local streets. He points at people he doesn’t like the look of. Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. ![]()
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