Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
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Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

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The captivating and moving follow-up to the international bestseller Beartown, from the 13 million copy bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove

'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book' Jojo Moyes on Beartown
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Can a broken town survive a second tragedy?

By the time the last goal is scored, someone in Beartown will be dead . . .

Us Against You is the story of two towns, two teams and what it means to believe in something bigger than yourself. It's about how people come together - sometimes in anger, often in sorrow, but also through love.

And how, when we stand together, we can bring a town back to life.

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Praise for Fredrik Backman:

'A mature, compassionate novel' Sunday Times

'Backman can tickle the funny bone and tug on the heart strings when he needs to, and is a clever enough storyteller to not overindulge in either' Independent

'As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson' 
The New York Times Book Review

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Praise for Beartown and Fredrik Backman ― :

I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book -- Jojo Moyes ― 
bestselling author of Me Before You

Surrounded by impenetrable forests, it recreates the stifling atmosphere of a dying community. This is a mature, compassionate novel ― 
The Sunday Times

Backman can tickle the funny bone and tug on the heart strings when he needs to, and is a clever enough storyteller to not overindulge in either

― Independent

As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson. ― 
The New York Times Book Review

Friday Night Lights for Swedes ― 
O Magazine

kind of problem play that moves extremely skilfully near the melodramatic without derailing. Its originality is substantial and the book credibly conveys the dual faces of everyday life. An impressive novel, like no other ― BTJ, Sweden

Praise for Us Against You ― -

A story about families, about friendship and loyalty, inequality, female vulnerability, male back-slapping, and parenthood ... No person's story is too little to be told, Backman includes them all. A novel with a big heart ― 
Jönköpings-Posten, Sweden

Evident in all [Backman] novels is an apparent ability to state a truth about humanity with breathtaking elegance ― 
Kirkus Reviews

This is a tale of the pitfalls of group mentality as well as the loss of an innocence we all take for granted-and it will grip you from start to finish ― 
Canadian Living

Backman is the Dickens of our age, and though you'll cry, your heart is safe in his hands ― 
Green Valley News, Arizona

Backman is a masterful writer, his characters familiar yet distinct, flawed yet heroic. . . There are scenes that bring tears, scenes of gut-wrenching despair, and moments of sly humor. . .Like 
Friday Night Lights, this is about more than youth sports; it's part coming-of-age novel, part study of moral failure, and finally a chronicle of groupthink in which an unlikely hero steps forward to save more than one person from self-destruction. A thoroughly empathetic examination of the fragile human spirit, Backman's latest will resonate a long time. ― Kirkus Reviews

A light hearted, deeply moving novel about a grumpy but loveable curmudgeon who finds his solitary world ― 
CBS Local

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ PENGUIN UK (1 January 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1405930233
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1405930239
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 300 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.59 cm
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ United Kingdom
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