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Beartown

Fredrik Backman

From Shelf: The Best Books I've Read So Far This Year

FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ANXIOUS PEOPLE AND A MAN CALLED OVE, FREDRIK BACKMAN**NOW A MAJOR HBO TV SERIES**'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown and felt ripped apart by the events in the book' JOJO MOYES'I couldn't put it down. Heart-rending and engrossing' 5***** Reader Review_________In a large Swedish forest, Beartown hides a dark secret . . .Cut-off from everywhere else, it experiences the kind of isolation that tears people apart.And each year, more and more of the town is swallowed by the forest.Then the town is offered a bright new future.But it is all put in jeopardy by a single, brutal act.It divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and forgotten, and those who'll risk the future to see justice done.Who will speak up?Could you stand by and stay silent?Or would you risk everything for justice?Which side would you be on?_________'A mature, compassionate novel' Sunday Times'You'll love this engrossing novel' People'You know a book is good when you don't want it to end' 5***** reader reviewPRAISE FOR ANXIOUS PEOPLE'A brilliant and comforting read' MATT HAIG'Funny, compassionate and wise. An absolute joy' A.J. PEARCE'A surefooted insight into the absurdity, beauty and ache of life' GUARDIAN'I laughed, I sobbed, I recommended it to literally everyone I know' BUZZFEED'Captures the messy essence of being human' WASHINGTON POST

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
496
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:
9781405930208
Published Date:
3/5/2018
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 30mm
Weight:
341g
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781405930208


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