Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell.” But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove’s mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents’ association to their very foundations. A feel-good story in the spirit of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Fredrik Backman’s novel about the angry old man next door is a thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless others. “If there was an award for ‘Most Charming Book of the Year,’ this first novel by a Swedish blogger-turned-overnight-sensation would win hands down”


來見見歐弗吧。如果是這個壞脾氣的老頭看不順眼的人，他就會把他們當作是在自己房間窗戶外頭被抓個正著的小偷。他有堅定的原則、嚴謹的日常作息，而且脾氣暴躁，大家都叫他「地獄來的惡鄰居」。難道歐弗讓人感到難相處，只是因為他不常對旁人露出笑容嗎？這個暴躁老人身上其實隱藏著一段感傷的故事。11 月的某個早上，一對健談的年輕夫婦與他們 2 個同樣愛說話的女兒搬到歐弗隔壁，不小心壓扁了歐弗的信箱，從此開啟了一段詼諧有趣、感人溫馨的故事，故事裡出場的有一群蓬亂小貓、出乎意料的友誼還有搬家公司 U-Haul拖車倒車入庫的撇步。這一切全然改變了這位易怒老先生與周遭住戶的互動關係。這個讓人開心的故事承繼了《一個人的朝聖》與《裴少校的最後一戰》的精神；菲特烈．貝克曼這本關於鄰家暴躁老人的小說，深入探索一個人的人生如何帶給其他無數人深遠影響。「如果要頒發『年度最迷人書籍獎』，這名一夜翻身的瑞典部落客的處女作絕對能輕鬆把獎項抱回家。」