The Hunderd-Year-Old ManWho 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 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. Translated by Roy Bradbury.

Product details

• Authors: Jonas Jonasson, Jonasson Jonas
• Assisted by: Rod Bradbury (Translation), Roy Bradbury (Translation), Bradbury Roy (Translation)
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.07.2015
• EAN: 9780349141800
• ISBN: 978-0-349-14180-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Schwedische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), FICTION / General, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction