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The Answer Is No

A Short Story

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The Answer Is No

Written by: Fredrik Backman, Elizabeth DeNoma - translator
Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
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In a hilarious short story from New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, the absurdities of modern life cause one man’s solitary world to spin suddenly, and comically, out of control.

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.

©2024 by Vecka 16 AB (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2024 by Elizabeth DeNoma. Editors Select Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Funny Witty
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Such a wonderful novella and a good bridge until the next Backman novel is out… my only wish is that Ireland was the narrator. The three headed board is something special

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This is another entertaining story from the pen of Fredrik Backman. I loved it. Mr Backman is adept at creating quirky characters that you can't help but love. The main character is a loner; happy to work from home, playing video games and ordering Pad Thai, with peanuts. Life is how he likes it until something happens that forces him to deal with "people". I enjoyed how everything plays out in this brilliant short story, well narrated by Stacy Gonzalez.

An entertaining story, Well narrated

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This was a pretty fun short story with good narrating. Great for lite listening, I finished in one day.

Fun quick story

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This book is a funny parody of many many types of people in our real and online lives. Exagerated of course, as a parody should be. Perfect listen for a long drive.

entertainment for a long drive

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We listened to this on a road trip. The performance was so cringey we couldn’t finish it, and the story wasn’t interesting enough to make us continue. Never did finish it.

overrated

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