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Us Against You

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Us Against You by Fredik Backman, read by John Sackville.

A small, broken town sits on the edge of a frozen lake surrounded by a forest, its wounds still raw from a tragedy that tore its fragile community in two.

Beartown has lost its way. Now the cold and dark that surround the snowbound town creep in, and so do new conflicts and tensions. What was once a friendly rivalry with the neighbouring town is beginning to turn sinister and Beartown braces itself for another tragic blow.

How far will the people of Beartown go to preserve their reputations for a second, deadly time?

Us Against You is a spell-binding exposition of small-town life in all its flawed complexity.

Critics Review

Praise for Beartown and Fredrik Backman
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I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book
bestselling author of Me Before You
Surrounded by impenetrable forests, it recreates the stifling atmosphere of a dying community. This is a mature, compassionate novel
The Sunday Times

Backman can tickle the funny bone and tug on the heart strings when he needs to, and is a clever enough storyteller to not overindulge in either

Independent
As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson.
The New York Times Book Review
Friday Night Lights for Swedes
O Magazine
A kind of problem play that moves extremely skilfully near the melodramatic without derailing. Its originality is substantial and the book credibly conveys the dual faces of everyday life. An impressive novel, like no other
BTJ, Sweden
Praise for Us Against You
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A story about families, about friendship and loyalty, inequality, female vulnerability, male back-slapping, and parenthood ... No person's story is too little to be told, Backman includes them all. A novel with a big heart
Jönköpings-Posten, Sweden
Evident in all [Backman] novels is an apparent ability to state a truth about humanity with breathtaking elegance
Kirkus Reviews

User Reviews

Book 5.0
Narration 4.5
Author Fredrik Backman
Narrator John Sackville
Duration 13 hours and 48 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781405930291
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Family life fiction, Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Psychological thriller, Sports fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
5.0 (2 reviews)
Narration
4.5 (2 reviews)

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