The One Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

The One Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

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Zusammenfassung

After a long and eventful life Allan Karlsson is moved to a nursing home to await the inevitable. But his health refuses to fail and as his 100th birthday looms a huge party is planned. Allan wants no part of it and decides to climb out the window... Charming and funny; a European publishing phenomenon.

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The One Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

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 a suitcase full of cash, a few thugs, a very friendly hot-dog stand operator, a few deaths, an elephant 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.The One Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared is a charming, warm and funny novel, beautifully woven with history and politics.
Jonas Jonasson was born in Sweden in 1962. A former journalist and media consultant, he is now writing his second novel.
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ISBN 13 9781743317938
ISBN 10 174331793X
Titel The One Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared
Autor Jonas Jonasson
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Allen & Unwin
Erscheinungsjahr 2014-03-26
Seitenanzahl 400
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