What my son should know

Fredrik Backman defines the genre of this book as an "expanded blog" — it really resembles an online diary or a series of posts on LiveJournal. Addressing his little son, the author reflects on a variety of subjects — from football to IKEA, from computer games to categories of good and evil. Along the way, he shares his first, sometimes comical, experiences of fatherhood — with that unique Backman-esque mix of irony and tenderness that has won him the love of millions of readers. It’s not just a conversation at eye level with a tiny being who has yet to grow into a personality, but also an honest conversation with himself, an attempt to understand his responsibility for what is happening in the world.