A Man Called Ove

By (author) Fredrik Backman; Translated by Koch Henning
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The international phenomenon: quirky and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet outrageously funny. Perfect for fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared.
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The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: Soon to be a major film starring Tom Hanks

Fredrik Backman''s heartwarming debut is 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

At first sight, Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - neighbours who can''t reverse a trailer properly, joggers, shop assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of the vicious coup d''etat that ousted him as Chairman of the Residents'' Association. He will persist in making his daily inspection rounds of the local streets.

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...

''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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Delightful ... the perfect holiday read.
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It''s the most enchanting, beautiful tale.
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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.
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An uplifting, life-affirming and often comic tale of how kindness, love and happiness can be found in the most unlikely places.
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A charming debut.
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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.
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Hilarious and heart-breaking.
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It''s warm, funny, and ultimately almost unbearably moving.
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The most charming book you''ll read this year ... This charming debut novel by Backman should find a ready audience with English-language readers . . . hysterically funny . . . wry descriptions, excellent pacing . . . In the contest of Most Winning Combination, it would be hard to beat grumpy Ove and his hidden, generous heart.
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My absolute summer-reading must is A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman: perfect beach reading for a grumpy old man. It has all the minimalist delicacy of Stoner, but with a delicious wry wit. The book works on a very small scale, yet it sweeps through intense life dramas, all the while remaining funny, moving, uplifting...and a cracking good tale.
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There is a method to the madness - by the end of this funny and touching book, you''ll come round to Ove''s way of thinking.
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A Man Called Ove finally rescued all those men who constantly mean to read novels but never get round to it. Crotchety old git Ove argues with neighbours, reluctantly inherits a cat, punches a clown and, by the end of the book, has you wanting to hug