It is Christmas Eve and a father and son are meeting for the
first time in years.
Number 1 New York Times bestseller FREDRIK BACKMAN made his literary debut in 2012 with the global sensation A Man Called Ove - now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks. Wickedly funny, touching and wise, Fredrik Backman's novels are odysseys of the ordinary man and woman, and stunningly moving tales of everyday courage. Up to now, Fredrik Backman has written seven highly acclaimed novels, two heartfelt novellas about life and love, and one non-fiction book about parenthood. His books have sold more than 18 million copies in 46 languages and the Swedish film adaption of A Man Called Ove was nominated for two Academy Awards. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.
The Deal of a Lifetime strikes straight at the heart and hits
you
*India*
This (dimensionally) tiny book comes packed with huge emotion.
Readers will speed through it in under two hours, then spend the
rest of the day - at least - pondering the astonishing ideas it
unleashes. The Deal of a Lifetime quite literally will grab you
from the start and set you off in a host of incredible directions.
Fredrik Backman has a wonderful ability to reach deep inside his
readers, pull out feelings they didn't know they had, and set their
minds spinning. What a blockbuster!
*The Book Reporter, US*
[This] book is short but every word counts and that'll hit you
square in the heart. . . . You may shed tears over this book. You
may need to savor it a second time, to feel its words again.
However you read it, The Deal of a Lifetime is an experience you'll
never trade.
*Rushville Republican, US*
Praise for Beartown
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Surrounded by impenetrable forests, it recreates the stifling
atmosphere of a dying community. This is a mature, compassionate
novel.
*Sunday Times*
A story about families, about friendship and loyalty, inequality,
female vulnerability, male back-slapping, and parenthood ... No
person's story is too little to be told, Backman includes them all.
A novel with a big heart
*Jönköpings-Posten, Sweden*
A kind of problem play that moves extremely skilfully near the
melodramatic without derailing. Its originality is substantial and
the book credibly conveys the dual faces of everyday life. An
impressive novel, like no other
*BTJ, Sweden*
Friday Night Lights for Swedes
*O Magazine*
As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and
Stieg Larsson.
*The New York Times Book Review*
Backman is a masterful writer, his characters familiar yet
distinct, flawed yet heroic. . . There are scenes that bring tears,
scenes of gut-wrenching despair, and moments of sly humor. . .Like
Friday Night Lights, this is about more than youth sports; it's
part coming-of-age novel, part study of moral failure, and finally
a chronicle of groupthink in which an unlikely hero steps forward
to save more than one person from self-destruction. A thoroughly
empathetic examination of the fragile human spirit, Backman's
latest will resonate a long time.
*Kirkus Reviews*
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