Summary of Anxious People

Anxious People is a novel by Swedish author Fredrik Backman about a bank robbery gone wrong. Eight strangers come together in a bank in Stockholm during an attempted robbery that ends in a hostage situation. As the hours pass, the hostages gradually reveal their personal stories, including their secrets, fears, and heartaches. Over the course of the evening, the bank robbers, and more importantly, the hostages, form an unlikely connection, discovering that helping each other out may be the only way to get out of the situation alive.