Jonas Jonasson: The Distinctly Competent District Councillor, Gebunden
The Distinctly Competent District Councillor
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers, 05/2026
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780008795979
- Item number:
- 12319717
- Volume:
- 144 Pages
- Weight:
- 270 g
- Format:
- 222 x 141 mm
- Thickness:
- 10 mm
- Release date:
- 5.5.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Other releases of The Distinctly Competent District Councillor |
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| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 17.55* |
| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 9.18* |
Blurb
The charming and original story of a small, declining community's struggle to survive in the shadow of an all-consuming metropolis, from from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. 'A shot of serotonin in book form'MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Totally joyful'THE TIMES
All over the world, people sleep blissfully in Traumbett beds. These marvellous feats of German engineering have successfully cornered the mattress market everywhere. Everywhere, except Sweden and owner Konrad Kaltenbacher Jr is desperate to expand there.
With Konrad Jr's sights set firmly on stylish Stockholm, Julia Bäck, district councillor of the small, decaying town of Halstaholm, has plans of her own. Seeing an opportunity to attract 800 new jobs, Julia jumps into spearheading a persuasive campaign to win the contract. A roundabout is hastily renamed in honour of Angela Merkel; a German school is quickly established under the leadership of a ten-year-old boy and three elderly pensioners; and the town swimming pool is rapidly transformed into a beerhouse - it had been empty for years anyway!
Julia's get-up-and-go impresses the German boss ... but has she made herself a tricky bed to lie in?
Biography
Jonas Jonasson, geb. 1962 im schwedischen Växsjö, arbeitete nach seinem Studium in Göteborg als Journalist unter anderem für die Zeitungen Smålandsposten und Expressen. Später gründete er eine eigene Medien-Consulting-Firma. Doch nach 20 Jahren in der Medienwelt verkaufte er alles und zog in den schweizer Kanton Tessin, wo er sich seither mit Blick auf den Luganersee dem Schreiben widmet.
