Fredrik Backman

Swedish author Fredrik Backman has become one of my favorite novelists. He is talented at introducing unlikable characters that become lovable once his readers get to know them. In his first book, A Man Called Ove, we got to know the curmudgeon known as “that bitter neighbor from hell’’ who ends up with a heart…

Swedish author Fredrik Backman burst onto the literary scene last year with his debut novel, A Man Called Ove, featuring a curmudgeon who is forced to want to live again by his colorful neighbors. A Man Called Ove was one of my favorite books of 2014, so I was excited the author had a second…