TY - BOOK AU - Backman,Fredrik AU - Koch,Henning TI - A man called Ove: a novel SN - 9781476738017 (hardcover) AV - PT9877.12.A32 M3613 2014 U1 - 839.73/8 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Atria Books KW - Older men KW - Fiction KW - Neighbors N1 - Originally published in Swedish as En man som heter Ove: Stockholm : Forum, 2012. This translation originally published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2014 N2 - "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 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" -- c from publisher's web site ER -