Literary
Anxious People
A desperate would-be bank robber flees into an apartment viewing and ends up holding a group of strangers hostage. As the police ask questions, each person's private worries come out.
- First published
- 2019
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a comic ensemble story that is secretly about loneliness, parenthood and being kind to strangers.
Skip this if you dislike narrators who wander off on tangents or want a tight, strictly plotted mystery.
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