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Beartown

Written by: Fredrik Backman
Narrated by: John Sackville
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Beartown by Fredik Backman, read by John Sackville.

Beartown is a small town in a large Swedish forest.

For most of the year it is under a thick blanket of snow, experiencing the kind of cold and dark that brings people closer together - or pulls them apart.

Its isolation means that Beartown has been slowly shrinking with each passing year. But now the town is on the verge of an astonishing revival. A bright new future is just around the corner.

Until the day it is all put in jeopardy by a single, brutal act.

It divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and forgotten, and those who'll risk the future to see justice done. At last, it falls to one young man to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear.

With the town's future at stake, no one can stand by or stay silent. Everyone is on one side or the other.

Which side would you be on?

Previously published as The Scandal.

©2017 Fredrik Backman (P)2017 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Small Town & Rural Sports Suspense Thriller & Suspense

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"As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson." (The New York Times Book Review)
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Thoroughly enjoyed it. great story and narrration. an evenly paced story. one can relate to the parenting view point seen among several characters in the story.

intriguing

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it's a great book, wonderfully narrated. every word a punch. the narrator brings out the nuances superbly

outstanding every way

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beautiful and contemporary; and yet from a distant place. fantastic story with simple and elemental characters. i enjoyed it thoroughly.

Bear Town

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You’ll have to pay attention to initial few chapters where the writer is setting the context, it’s a smooth flowing story from there. Filled with twists and turns

Really moving story

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A breezy read, easy to follow narration, engaging characters, like any other Fredrick Backman book. But none of that matters when the story just doesn't move forward. The blurb talks about a pivotal incident that shakes the town, the opening line in the book talks about someone killing someone (we don't know who), but the 12 chapters I struggled to finish talks nothing about it. Not even a hint. The deep husky voice of the narrator, coupled with his hollowed speaking for whenever characters scream or yell, doesn't help either. I loved Anxious People by the same author, but this one just didn't work for me.

Gave up at about 25% mark

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