Less sub/MISC Fredrik Backman—“the Dickens of our

Fredrik Backman—“the Dickens of our age” (Green Valley News)—reveals how loyalty

a boarding school that the Queen herself owns

a feminist

and coming out

his rare shifting ability making him a dangerous weapon

Less sub/MISC Fredrik Backman—“the Dickens of ourby Andrew Sean Greer "You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else. You can't say yes it would be too awkward. And you can't say no it would look like defeat. On your desk are invitations to half baked literary events around the world. Question: How do you arrange to skip town? Answer: You accept them all. What would possibly go wrong?"