A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is a story of a grumpy old man who points at people he dislikes as if they are burglars caught outside his bedroom window.

Old man named ove. When the book opens Oves wife Sonja has recently died. Its about a total grump named Ove who is an old mean loner. A railroad working man for 43 years missing his recently passed life companion and wife.

An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he. He drives a Saab. The man who lost his wife Sonja to cancer and wants nothing more than to kill himself in peace.

A man from the directors office stopped Ove and asked him if hed be interested in staying on and Ove agreed. He has steadfast principles uncompromising routines and a short fuse. Oves mother died when he was eight so Ove lived with his father and began working at the railway with him.

The book is about an old man and his journey from his simple childhood to a struggling life. He doesnt walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time. The story moves back and forth between Ove s childhood and his life as a fifty-nine-year-old man in Sweden.

Swedish author Fredrik Backmans 2012 novel A Man Called Ove tells the darkly humorous story of Ove a 59-year-old Swedish man struggling to find purpose in his life. A Man Called Ove is about a curmudgeonly 59-year old widower who lashes out at his neighbors and anybody else when they violate his very strict perception of how things ought to be. Any disorder makes him furious an abandoned cigarette butt an improperly parked car toys scattered in the sandbox.

He continued his routine of eating potatoes and sausages for dinner. Henry and Samuel rank among the top names in the US while in the UK Harry Leo and Oscar are all among their most popular baby names. A heart condition has forced Ove a 59-year-old widower into early retirement.