Anxious people : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith.
Record details
- ISBN: 143288980X
- ISBN: 9781432889807
- ISBN: 1432879715
- ISBN: 9781432879716
- ISBN: 9781432879716
- ISBN: 1432879715
- Physical Description: 549 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020 (translation)
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Sweden in 2019 as: Folk med ångest."--title page verso. |
Summary, etc.: | Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits. Viewing an apartment normally doesn't turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that: a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage. As police surround the premises and television channels broadcast the hostage situation live, the eight strangers begin opening up to one another. Before long, the robber must decide which is the more terrifying prospect: going out to face the police, or staying in the apartment with this group of impossible people. -- adapted from back cover |
Language Note: | Translated from the Swedish. |
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Genre: | Large type books. Fiction Humorous fiction Psychological fiction Humorous fiction. Psychological fiction. Humorous fiction. |
Available copies
- 17 of 23 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 6 current holds with 23 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Babcock Library - Ashford | LP F Bac (Text) | 33110148859232 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | LT BACKMAN (Text) | 34030148178079 | Adult Large Type | On holds shelf | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ALP BAC (Text) | 33260000550765 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/BACKMAN LARGE PRINT (Text) | 34029146678171 | Adult Fiction Large Type | On holds shelf | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | LP FIC BAC (Text) | 34014147277439 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Derby Neck Library | LP BAC (Text) | 34046147304011 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | LP FIC BACKMAN,F (Text) | 34026147337633 | Adult Large Type | Checked out | 04/13/2024 |
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | LTE F BACKMAN (Text) | 31953148612958 | Adult New Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | LP BAC (Text) | 33430147638621 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Killingworth Library Association | LP FIC BAC (Text) | 33420149186984 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |