TY  - BOOK
AU  - Backman, Fredrik
AU  - Smith, Neil [Translator]
TI  - Anxious people
SN  - 9781405930253
U1  - 839.738 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Penguin Random House UK
KW  - Hostages
KW  - Married people
KW  - Real estate agents
KW  - City and town life
N2  - It's New Year's Eve and House Tricks estate agents are hosting an open viewing in an up-market apartment when an incompetent bank robber rushes in and politely takes everyone hostage.

For Anna-Lena and Roger, busy buying-up apartments to fill the hole in their marriage, it's something else to talk about.

For Julia and Ro, panicky parents-to-be, it's yet another worry.

Lonely bank manager Zara only came here for the view.

While 87-year-old grandmother Estelle seems rather pleased by the company . . .

As the police gather outside, the anxious strangers huddled within try to make the best of a very sticky situation - but could it be that they have a whole lot more in common than meets the eye?

(https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/304/304480/anxious-people/9781405930253.html)
ER  -