The hundred year old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
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It all starts
on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting quietly in his room in
an old people's home, he is waiting for the party he-never-wanted-anyway to
begin. The mayor is going to be there. The press is going to be there. But, as
it turns out, Allan is not...Slowly but surely Allan climbs out of his bedroom
window, into the flowerbed (in his slippers) and 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, we learn something of Allan's earlier life in which - remarkably - he
helped to make the atom bomb, became friends with American presidents, Russian
tyrants, and Chinese leaders, and was a participant behind the scenes in many
key events of the twentieth century. Already a huge bestseller across Europe,
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared is a
fun, feel-good book for all ages. Translated
from Swedish.
