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A Man Called OVE – Fredrik Backman

I chose to read this book only because it has good reviews online and it has reviews like funny and moving, and back of the book is stated ” Finally rescued all those men who constantly mean to read novels but never got round to it.” And I can’t help it but to buy one copy and read. let me tell you I had trouble reading this book in the beginning, I could hardly read a chapter and close the book but when I reached the page number seventy, everything changed from that point and I read the whole book in two days. I have mixed feeling for this book genuinely, It is funny and moving and it is slow in the beginning.

About Author

Fredrik Backman is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist. He was writing for the Swedish newspaper and Swedish men’s magazine. A MAN CALLED OVE was his debut novel book which was released in 2012 and when it was translated into English, it remained on the best seller list for 42 weeks. His books were number one bestsellers in his home country of Sweden and have been published in more than twenty-five languages.

About Book

A man called Ove, who is unlike everyone and he doesn’t give a damn about it too. He is the person who believes in principles, logic, and strong beliefs he got it from his father and sticks to it no matter what, which made him look like rude, and annoying person and put him into troubles many times when he was young. He loved only one person all his life, his wife and when she died he no longer knew how to live without her but things changed when a foreign family moved into his neighborhood. The humor, the sarcasm, Ove’s many failed attempt to sueside, his big heart to help in need, his past, his love story, his friendship with Rune, His passion for his car and building houses, the cat, his bond with new neighbors, him sticking to rule of not letting drive anyone in the residential area even in the time of emergency, everything makes the story so funny, entertaining and heart-touching.

“Ove is the person who is born in the wrong timespan”, that what his wife used to say as a joke but regardless of his all annoying habits she loved him for his pure heart and the way he loved her unconditionally. His little annoying habits will make you laugh and his bond with his new neighbors will surely entertain you. You ended up liking this grumpy old man called Ove so much.

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