When I call Fredrik Backman from halfway across the world – he in his Stockholm apartment, me in my New York one – he says something I don’t expect. The “Anxious People” author is soft-spoken, even ...

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I have followed Fredrik Backman’s writing since 2013 when I read "A Man Called Ove." I was hooked then, and he hasn’t disappointed me since. His latest book, "My Friends," is another great story in ...