The Greatest Game of All

Long after theyre gone, childhood friendships can define and destroy usor be the one thing that saves us. In a small Swedish coastal town in 1986, 12-year-old Elliot dreams of being a video game designer. When he meets Calvin, a stuttering outcast with a knack for drawing, the two make a pact to create the greatest game ever made. Together with neighborhood friends Lisa and Skye, they gather their ideas in a folder, but external influences pull at the strings of their tight knit group. More than twenty years later, Elliot is a pariah, his status as a highly sought-after designer in the games industry squandered after he sabotages his own studio. But his biggest regret is his estrangement from Calvinwhose tragic passing means that any chance of repair is now gone. But when Elliot receives Calvins old folder with their unfinished project, the past unravels before him. He sets out to honor his late friends dying wish, gathering the studio back together to build the game of their dreamswhile slowly picking up the pieces of his life. Celebrated Swedish novelist Andreas Romans English language debut is a deeply affecting redemption story that explores why we hurt the people we love, and how to come back from it.