Jonasson, Jonas: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
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Translated by Rod Bradbury.
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.
| Condition: |  |
| Category: | Books > Foreign Language Books > Books in English > |
| Publisher: | Abacus, (2015) |
| Item number / ISBN: | 9780349141800 |
| Binding: | paperback |
| Page count: | 393 |
| Item language: | English |
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