Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone?
Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.
Told in Fredrik Backman’s singular witty style with sharply drawn characters and relatable antics, The Answer Is No is a laugh-out-loud portrait of a man struggling to keep to himself in a world that won’t leave him alone.
Kindle Edition, 68 pages
Published December 1, 2024
by Amazon Original Stories
4/5 stars
Fredrik Backman is one of my auto-read-authors, this was a bonus since it's been awhile since he has published something new. Available both on Kindle and Audio.
This was a fun short story (novella?) It was quirky and a quick read. Lucas just wants to be left alone but there are people that don't agree with him. The story very much had that Backman vibe with some great banter, silly scenario and a plot that was out there. All coming together nicely at the end.
My thanks to Amazon First Reads for a digital copy in exchange for a honest review.
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