The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

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Jonas Jonasson

THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be precise. The Mayor will be there. The press will be there. But, as it turns out, Allan will not . . .Escaping (in his slippers) through his bedroom window, into the flowerbed, Allan makes his getaway. And so begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police. As his escapades unfold, Allan's earlier life is revealed. A life in which - remarkably - he played a key role behind the scenes in some of the momentous events of the twentieth century.Translated by Roy Bradbury.

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Author

Jonas Jonasson

Pages

400

Publisher

Little, Brown Book Group

Published Date

2015-07-09

ISBN

0349141819 9780349141817

Ratings

Google: 4

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"This book was highly recommended to me by a dear friend and I had heard many other great reviews of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared was a fantastic, funny, addictive read. I think I would have actually enjoyed the book more if I read it before the hype was built.<br/><br/>I enjoyed the present story, where Allan is 100, but the fluctuating from the present to the past political/ historical moments started to lose my interest half way through the novel. The first few political/ historical reflections on how Allan was involved, these I found creative and witty but as I said above, the repetition of similar occurrences started to lose my interest and I was looking for additional, new means of creativity from the author.<br/>"