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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Audiobook available · 11 hr
Allan Karlsson would rather leave his nursing home than attend his hundredth birthday party. He climbs out the window in his slippers, takes a suitcase that happens to contain a fortune, and attracts a following of criminals, police, and new friends.
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“a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police”Read the full description at Publisher description, Hachette / Abacus
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What makes it funny?
Allan has a talent for getting mixed up in events much larger than himself. His escape becomes a criminal chase, while accounts of his earlier life put an apolitical explosives expert alongside the people shaping twentieth-century history.
The comedy at work
Jonasson stretches a wandering man’s life into a tall tale. The chapters switch between Allan’s getaway and his past, making international politics another arena for unlikely meetings and muddled plans.
Try this if…
Readers who enjoy far-fetched adventures, historical name-dropping, and friendships formed in trouble have plenty to follow here.
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The friendly company shares the story with crime, several murders, and a hero who likes his vodka.
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- A centenarian escapes his own birthday party
- A criminal chase interwoven with an improbable life in history
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- The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, Hachette UK
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- The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared audiobook by Jonas Jonasson, Apple Books
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- The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared ebook, Apple Books
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