02125cam a2200385 4500 546501646 TxAuBib 20201026120000.0 200826t20202019||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781501160837 hc. $28.00 1501160834 hc. $28.00 9781982121600 1982121602 (OCoLC)1190752212 NjBwBT eng rda KNJ SVP MJ8 OJ4 NBO INR TCH IUK ILC YDX T3Q OCLCF JTH VP@ TXSVP TXL TxAuBib eng swe Backman, Fredrik. Folk med angest English. Anxious people : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith. First Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Atria Books, 2020. ©2019. 341 pages ; 24 cm. "Originally published in Sweden in 2019 as: Folk med angest."--title page verso. Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits. Viewing an apartment normally doesn't turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that: a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage. As police surround the premises and television channels broadcast the hostage situation live, the eight strangers begin opening up to one another. Before long, the robber must decide which is the more terrifying prospect: going out to face the police, or staying in the apartment with this group of impossible people. -- adapted from jacket. 20201026. Translated from the Swedish. Hostages Fiction. Married people Fiction. Real estate agents Fiction. Sweden Fiction. Smith, Neil, translator, (Neil Andrew.) TXGAI