The Last Adventure of Napoleon Sunshine - a heartwarming, uplifting novel about the importance of family

At the age of eighty-five my grandfather Napoleon decided he needed to try something new . . . Everything starts to go south when Napoleon leaves his wife. At eighty-five, a former boxer with a restless, youthful spirit, Napoleon decides to say to hell with it all! He wants a new life. Determined to rebel against everything that takes the fun out of life, Napoleon embarks on a moving adventure with his ten-year-old grandson Leonard Sunshine in tow. The chaotic duo adopt a dog, drive a fake taxi, escape to the seaside, sabotage door-to-door salesmen and plot to kidnap a famous radio star. Above all, Leonard is determined to spare his grandfather the fate of the elderly - spending his final years exiled in a retirement home. From the heart of Paris to the coast of Normandy, The Last Adventure of Napoleon Sunshine is a moving, life-affirming and melancholy tale of new beginnings and the importance of family. Perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove, The Keeper of Lost Thing and The Little Paris Bookshop .

Product details

• Authors: Pascal Ruter
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780349142999
• ISBN: 978-0-349-14299-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, TRAVEL / Europe / France, Modern and contemporary fiction