What My Son Should Know About the Device of This World

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 topics — from football to "IKEA," from computer games to the categories of good and evil. Along the way, he shares his initial, sometimes comical, experiences of fatherhood — with that unique, purely Backman mix of irony and tenderness that has won him the love of millions of readers. This is not only a conversation on equal terms with a tiny being who has yet to grow into a personality but also an honest conversation with oneself, an attempt to understand one's responsibility for what happens in the world.