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A Man Called Ove is a Curmudgeon, but One with a Heart

A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman, Henning Koch (translator), George Newbern (narrator)

August 30, 2017 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I did a thing I don’t normally do, I watched the movie first. I had gotten A Man Called Ove on Audible some time ago, but kept holding off on it. I tend to pick the audiobook I want to listen to based on its length – how much time do I have to give it right now? Sitting at just over 9 hours you’d think I would have found a few days to listen before now, but I had not. With August quickly getting […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A Man Called Ove, faintingviolet, Frederik Backman, Frederik Backman, Henning Koch (translator), George Newbern (narrator), works in translation

faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A Man Called Ove, faintingviolet, Frederik Backman, Frederik Backman, Henning Koch (translator), George Newbern (narrator), works in translation ·
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