Anxious People (by Fredrik Backman)

I had not heard of Fredrik Backman, although I gather he’s written some bestselling novels, one of which is soon to be released as a film. His book ‘Anxious People’ was allocated for this month’s reading group, so I acquired a copy and then read it in three or four days. The author is Swedish, and writes in that language, so I was reading a translation - and am very impressed with that, as the language not only flows extremely well, but even manages an annoying  pun that’s mentioned more than o...