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It's New Year's Eve and House Tricks estate agents are hosting an open viewing in an up-market apartment when an incompetent bank robber rushes in and politely takes everyone hostage. For Anna-Lena and Roger, busy buying-up apartments to fill the hole in their marriage, it's something else to talk about. For Julia and Ro, panicky parents-to-be, it's yet another worry. Lonely bank manager Zara only came here for the view. While 87-year-old grandmother Estelle seems rather pleased by the company . . . As the police gather outside, the anxious strangers huddled within try to make the best of a very sticky situation - but could it be that they have a whole lot more in common than meets the eye?
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Contemporary, intimate, classical in form and spare.
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- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Fredrik Backman
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press, Simon & Schuster, Thorndike Pr
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English, Spanish, German
- ISBN
- 9781501160837
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