The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared By Jonas Jonasson. Translated By Roy Bradbury

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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

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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. Imaginative, laugh-out-loud… a brilliant satire on the foibles of mankind’ – The Daily Telegraph. Softcover. Published by Little, Brown Book Group 2015

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Weight 0.379 kg