?You?ll laugh, you?ll cry, you?ll feel new sympathy for the curmudgeons in your life.? ?People The #1 New York Times bestseller about the grumpy old man next door that?s an uplifting exploration of the unreliability of first impressions and a reminder that life is sweeter when it is shared with other people. Also a major film called A Man Called Ottostarring Tom Hanks. At first sight, Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet, a curmudgeon with staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People think him bitter, and he thinks himself surrounded by idiots. Ove?s well-ordered, solitary world gets a shake-up one November morning with the appearance of new neighbors?a chatty young couple and their two boisterous daughters?who announce their arrival by accidentally flattening Ove?s mailbox with their U-Haul. What follows is a heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unlikely friendships, and a community?s unexpected reassessment of the one person they thought they had all figured out.