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NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS
One of the things that makes this story so appealing and wonderfully readable is that even though it is translated from the original Swedish, the central character Ove (pronounced Oover as in Mover?) is utterly recognisable to we British. Ove is pompous, self-righteous Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army. Ove is Richard Briars's crosspatch, pernickety Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles. There is an echo of Victor Meldrew's angry, despairing I don't believe it from One Foot in the Grave. Across the pond, Ove even has undertones of Kelsey Grammar's anally fixated psychiatrist, Frasier. - Richard Madeley.
Ove, a widower, is a deeply lonely man. He's done his best, but at 59 he wants to end it all. He misses his wife so much. But his attempts to join her on the other side keep being thwarted. For reasons yet to be revealed, it seems that Fate wants Ove very much alive. Judy Finnigan.
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 . . .
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- Contributor: Fredrik Backman
- Imprint: Sceptre
- ISBN13: 9781444775815
- Number of Pages: 320
- Packaged Dimensions: 126x196x30mm
- Packaged Weight: 220
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Release Date: 2015-05-07
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: 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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