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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson
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Description for The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Paperback. The international bestselling sensation. Translator(s): Bradbury, Roy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 318.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349141800
SKU
V9780349141800
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-2
About Jonas Jonasson
Jonas Jonasson was a journalist for the Expressen newspaper for many years. He became a media consultant and later on set up a company producing sports and events for Swedish television. He sold his company and moved abroad to work on his first novel. Jonasson now lives on the Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
Reviews for The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
A mordantly funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing disgracefully
Sunday Times
Imaginative, laugh-out-loud . . . a brilliant satire on the foibles of mankind
Telegraph
Scandi-crime's signature darkness is here dispelled by Allan Karlsson, the eponymous centenarian, who with unlikely sprightliness hops out of the window of his old people's home one afternoon. . ... Read more
Sunday Times
Imaginative, laugh-out-loud . . . a brilliant satire on the foibles of mankind
Telegraph
Scandi-crime's signature darkness is here dispelled by Allan Karlsson, the eponymous centenarian, who with unlikely sprightliness hops out of the window of his old people's home one afternoon. . ... Read more