- Publisher: Abacus
- Year: 2015
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 195x125mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.3kg
- ISBN: 9780349141800
- Product code: 541383
The Hundred-Year-Old Man
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Allan Karlsson is waiting in his nursing home for his 100th birthday party to begin when he is struck by the need for an adventure, so climbs out the window, heads to the station and catches the next available bus – stealing another passenger’s suitcase on the way. An escapade through several crimes and murders unfolds, along with revelations about Allan’s eventful life.
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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. 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.
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.
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Allan Karlsson is waiting in his nursing home for his 100th birthday party to begin when he is struck by the need for an adventure, so climbs out the window, heads to the station and catches the next available bus – stealing another passenger’s suitcase on the way. An escapade through several crimes and murders unfolds, along with revelations about Allan’s eventful life.
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Jonas Jonasson, Trans. Roy Bradbury
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