A fine novel about storytelling, conflict, courage and forgiveness. Elsa, the going on eight protagonist is a precocious Sancho Panza, to her grandmother's riotous Don Quixote. Much like in Cervantes' work, Backman also explores the notion of insanity being the only sane response to an insane world, though here the question expands to being different vs being "normal". Elsa's Granny involves Elsa in a number of fun and funny adventures, and also tells her granddaughter stories of The-Land-of-Almost-Awake, which the pair visit from time to time. That is, when they are not arguing who would win in a fight, Harry Potter or Spider-man. 
 I enjoyed this novel and am looking forward to reading Backman's other works, one of which, I understand involves a character from this book.