《A Man Called Ove》是一本外冷內熱的小說,以幽默筆調描繪一位固執、脾氣不佳的老先生 Ove,他的生活原本規矩、沉寂,直到一戶喧鬧的新鄰居闖入他的世界。瑞典作家 Fredrik Backman 用細膩而不煽情的筆法,刻畫孤獨與陪伴、規則與愛之間的角力,是一本讀來讓人既莞爾又動容的當代寓言。The international phenomenon, now in paperback. Quirky and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet outrageously funny, A Man Called Ove is a life-affirming fable for our times.'THE PERFECT HOLIDAY READ' Evening Standard'A JOY FROM START TO FINISH' - Gavin Extence, author of THE UNIVERSE VERSUS ALEX WOODSThere is something about Ove.At first sight, he is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly, joggers, shop assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of the vicious coup d'etat that ousted him as Chairman of the Residents' Association. He will persist in making his daily inspection rounds of the local streets.But isn't it rare, these days, to find such old-fashioned clarity of belief and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the wor