Things My Son Needs to Know About the World

Fredrik Backman “What My Son Needs to Know About the Nature of This World”—a new heartfelt book from the author of the bestseller “A Man Called Ove”.

Backman defines the genre of this book as an “expanded blog”—it really feels like an online diary or a series of posts. Speaking to his little son, the author reflects on all sorts of topics—from football to IKEA, from computer games to the categories of good and evil. And along the way, he shares his first—and sometimes comical—experience of fatherhood, with that unique Backman mix of irony and tenderness that won him the love of millions of readers.

This is not only an equal conversation with a tiny creature that still has to become a person—but also an honest conversation with himself, an attempt to understand his responsibility for what’s happening in the world.