Title: The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Author: Jonas Jonasson
Price: $9.00
ISBN: 9781843913726
Publisher: Hesperus Press Limited
Year published: 2009
Paperback or Hardcover: Paperback
Condition: Very good condition
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
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.