Anxious People

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這一天對他們所有人來說都是奇怪的一天。
可是誰不會偶爾把日子搞得一團混亂呢？
要走到這一步很容易，只需要一個非常、非常餿的點子。

原本的故事主題應該是搶銀行。但是每件事都有點走了樣，因為搶銀行多少會出些紕漏。所以這位三十九歲的銀行搶匪想逃，卻沒有逃脫計畫。這樁根本不能算是銀行搶案的銀行搶案發生後，警察想當然地出現了，受驚的搶匪衝出銀行，跑到對街，進了看見的第一道門。
可是……那道門直通二樓，根本沒有出口，意指搶匪只能往樓上跑。
搶匪一轉身，看見大樓裡某間公寓的門正好開著，因為那戶待售的公寓裡滿是四處參觀的潛在買主。於是搶匪踉蹌進了公寓，氣喘吁吁滿頭大汗，手裡的槍指著天空，故事就此成了綁架人質案件。
有人從橋上面跳下去，不是橋的錯。除夕前一天看屋，成了搶匪的人質，也不是誰的錯。不過，如果最後搶匪消失了，那頭大的警察，又該怎麼辦？

本中文書介出自《焦慮的人》天培出版社出版


An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, the new novel from the author of A Man Called Ove is a "quirky, big-hearted novel....Wry, wise and often laugh-out-loud funny, it's a wholly original story that delivers pure pleasure" (People).
Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can't fix their own marriage. There's a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can't seem to agree on anything. Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment's only bathroom, and you've got the worst group of hostages in the world.

Each of them carries a lifetime of grievances, hurts, secrets, and passions that are ready to boil over. None of them is entirely who they appear to be. And all of them--the bank robber included--desperately crave some sort of rescue. As the authorities and the media surround the premises, these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in motion a chain of events so unexpected that even they can hardly explain what happens next.

Proving once again that Backman is "a master of writing delightful, insightful, soulful, character-driven narratives" (USA TODAY), Anxious People "captures the messy essence of being human....It's clever and affecting, as likely to make you laugh out loud as it is to make you cry" (The Washington Post). This "endlessly entertaining mood-booster" (Real Simple) is proof that the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope can save us--even in the most anxious of times.