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Beartown
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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.
Critic Reviews
"As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson." (The New York Times Book Review)
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- Reacher
- 11-04-23
Beautiful!!!
Fredrik Backman does it again. One of the best books I have ever read. This is right up there with Aa Man Called Ove.
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- Rajnish
- 07-10-19
Gripping. Can't stop it even if live in tropicals
What a book. Bear town will live with me for rest of my life. I want to live in Scandanavia now
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- Sathya
- 18-08-20
outstanding every way
it's a great book, wonderfully narrated. every word a punch. the narrator brings out the nuances superbly
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- Rakesh
- 27-10-22
beautiful
love the language and how simple and how deep the thoughts are. narration is just perfect
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- shivam kumar
- 23-01-23
Really moving story
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
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- pRADEEP
- 21-03-24
Brilliant but long
It's a gripping story but the details on ice hockey seem repetitive and prolong the book.
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- Mommyingtales
- 31-12-18
Small Town, deep characters, great book!
The author has created a universe out of a small town. He has managed to bring alive the characters that will stay with you for long - Maya, Kira, Benji, Amat, Kevin. The style of writing is simply amazing and every other line is something you would wish to carry with you forever. Amazing experience with Audible as well.
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- soumya ranjan dash
- 11-03-20
Fantastic Book.
If you have some prejudices or feel the book a bit monotonous after the first few chapters, just stick with it. It does justice to its length. The last few chapters are the most thrilling of them all.
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- Ehsanullah Shaikh
- 16-08-20
Another Masterpiece from Him
He is a good author and the way he thinks even translated version sounds epic
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- Sasha
- 19-12-23
This author doesn’t disappoint
Beautiful book
Special mention of the narrator - he made all the characters in the book come alive
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