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Beartown

by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith
Compare to estimated retail price: RM75.00 MYR  

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Beartown : From The New York Times Bestselling Author of A Man Called Ove - Thryft
Beartown : From The New York Times Bestselling Author of A Man Called Ove - Thryft

Small-town hockey, loyalty, and impossible moral choices

If you like novels that feel deeply human, this one hits hard. It starts with a sports town and turns into a tense, emotional portrait of community, silence, and courage. Readers often love how Backman makes every character feel understandable, even when the town itself is breaking apart.

  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2019)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Beartown

by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith
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ISBN: 9781405930208
Authors: Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith
Publisher: Penguin
Date of Publication: 2021-11-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Related Topics: Suspense, Crime, Race, Mystery, Dystopia
Goodreads rating: 4.29
(rated by 423752 readers)

Description

In a large Swedish forest, Beartown hides a dark secret. Cut off from everywhere else, it experiences the kind of isolation that tears people apart. Each year, more of the town is swallowed by the forest. Then the town is offered a bright new future, but it is put in jeopardy by a single brutal act. It divides the town into those who want it hushed up and forgotten, and those who'll risk the future to see justice done. Who will speak up? Could you stand by and stay silent? Or would you risk everything for justice? Which side would you be on?
 

Small-town hockey, loyalty, and impossible moral choices

If you like novels that feel deeply human, this one hits hard. It starts with a sports town and turns into a tense, emotional portrait of community, silence, and courage. Readers often love how Backman makes every character feel understandable, even when the town itself is breaking apart.

  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2019)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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