The winners : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798885780216
- Physical Description: 839 pages (large print) ; 25 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in Sweden in 2021 by Forum as Vinnarna. |
Summary, etc.: | "Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that prevents it. The destruction caused by a ferocious late-summer storm reignites the old rivalry between Beartown and the neighboring town of Hed, a rivalry which has always been fought through their ice hockey teams. Maya's parents, Peter and Kira, are caught up in an investigation of the hockey club's murky finances, and Amat--once the star of the Beartown team--has lost his way after an injury and a failed attempt to get drafted into the NHL. Simmering tensions between the two towns turn into acts of intimidation and then violence. All the while, a fourteen-year-old boy grows increasingly alienated from this hockey-obsessed community and is determined to take revenge on the people he holds responsible for his beloved sister's death. He has a pistol and a plan that will leave Beartown with a loss that is almost more that it can stand"-- Provided by publisher. |
Language Note: | In English, translated from Swedish. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Hockey teams > Fiction. Small cities > Fiction. Storms > Fiction. Corruption > Fiction. Revenge > Fiction. Alienation (Social psychology) > Fiction. Large type books. Sweden > Fiction. |
Genre: | Hockey stories. Psychological fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Novels. Sports fiction. |
Available copies
- 13 of 18 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | On Order (Text) | acq1183373 | Acquisitions | On order | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ALP BAC bk.3 Beartown (Text) | 33260000590803 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/BACKMAN LARGE PRINT (Text) | 34029154492150 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | LP FIC BAC (Text)
Series: Beartown, 3
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34014149498017 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | LP FIC BAC (Text)
Digital Bookplate/Donation note:
Purchased through the Cohen Family Book Fund
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34047150646710 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | LTE F BACKMAN (Text) | 31953154046273 | Adult Fiction Large Type | In transit | - |
Milford Public Library | BACKMAN Fredrik (Text) | 34013150781915 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Checked out | 04/27/2024 |
New Milford Public Library | LP F BACKM (Text) | 34021153009929 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | L.T. FIC BACKMAN (Text) | 34000151360534 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | LP FIC BAC (Text) | 36123132937762 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |