TY - BOOK AU - Backman,Fredrik AU - Smith,Neil TI - Anxious people SN - 9781405930253 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books KW - Married people KW - Fiction KW - READING IN ENGLISH KW - Humorous stories KW - Sweden Fiction N1 - Translated from the Swedish; This translation originally published: 2020 N2 - Viewing an apartment normally doesn't turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage. As the pressure mounts, the eight strangers begin slowly opening up to one another and reveal long-hidden truths. As police surround the premises and television channels broadcast the hostage situation live, the tension mounts and even deeper secrets are slowly revealed. Before long, the robber must decide which is the more terrifying prospect: going out to face the police, or staying in the apartment with this group of impossible people ER -