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Cover Image of Anxious people
  • Fiction
  • [largetype]unmediated
  • 2020
  • Large print edition.

Anxious people

Fredrik Backman, (1981-)

Neil Smith, (1964-)

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An apartment open house becomes a life-or-death situation when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes eight extremely anxious strangers hostage. The captives include a retired couple who hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can't fix up their own marriage, a wealthy banker who has been too busy making money to care about anyone else, a young couple who are about to have their first baby but can't seem to agree on anything, an eighty-year old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered, but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment's only bathroom. As the authorities and media surround the premises, these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in motion a chain of events so surprising that even they can't explain what happens next.

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  • Large type books
  • Secrecy--Fiction
  • Apartment houses--Fiction
  • Hostages--Fiction
  • Interpersonal relations--Fiction
  • Real estate agents--Fiction
  • Brigands and robbers--Fiction

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  • Humorous fiction

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  • Thorndike Press large print core series
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Title Statement Anxious people [largetype] / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith.
Series Thorndike Press large print core series
Author Backman, Fredrik, 1981-
Additional Contributors Smith, Neil,1964-
Publication [Farmington Hill, Michigan]: Gale,2020.
Edition Large print edition.
Extent of Item 549 pages
ISBN 9781432879716
1432879715
Other Number 3974294
General Notes Translation of: Folk med ångest.
Summary An apartment open house becomes a life-or-death situation when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes eight extremely anxious strangers hostage. The captives include a retired couple who hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can't fix up their own marriage, a wealthy banker who has been too busy making money to care about anyone else, a young couple who are about to have their first baby but can't seem to agree on anything, an eighty-year old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered, but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment's only bathroom. As the authorities and media surround the premises, these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in motion a chain of events so surprising that even they can't explain what happens next.
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By Topic Large type books
Secrecy--Fiction
Apartment houses--Fiction
Hostages--Fiction
Interpersonal relations--Fiction
Real estate agents--Fiction
Brigands and robbers--Fiction
By Genre Humorous fiction
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