This novel is
about a curmudgeonly old man who very reluctantly get to know his “needy” neighbors
and the people that refuse to obey the sign that restricts parking in the
residential area of his small neighborhood in Sweden. Ove lost his wife to cancer and wants nothing
more than to kill himself in peace, but he keeps getting interrupted by his
neighbors who all seem to need his help for something. He belligerently finds himself periodically
postponing his suicide due to his neighbors and a stray cat. Ove has so many levels to him and he will
annoy and irritate the reader but redeems himself in the end. This
book covers a lot of ground: marriage, love race, class, and
gentrification. This book will definitely
make you laugh, and maybe cry, and you will feel new sympathy for the grumpy
older folks who come into your life.
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