The author of A Man Called Ove is back with a riotous comedy about a hostage-situation at a Swedish apartment viewing.
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?
About the Author
Fredrik Backman is a Swedish blogger, columnist and author. He is the Number One New York Times bestselling author of
A Man Called Ove, and top ten bestsellers
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and
Apologises and Britt-Marie Was Here, as well as a novella,
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer. His books are published in more than thirty-five countries and he has sold over seven million copies.
The Scandal - published as
Beartown in the US - is being adapted for TV by the team behind T
he Bridge. Fredrik lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.