It all starts on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting
quietly in his room in an old people's home, he is waiting for the party
he-never-wanted-anyway to begin. The mayor is going to be there. The
press is going to be there. But, as it turns out, Allan is not...Slowly
but surely Allan climbs out of his bedroom window, into the flowerbed
(in his slippers) and 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, we learn
something of Allan's earlier life in which - remarkably - he helped
to make the atom bomb, became friends with American presidents, Russian
tyrants, and Chinese leaders, and was a participant behind the scenes in
many key events of the twentieth century. Already a huge bestseller
across Europe, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window
and Disappeared is a fun, feel-good book for all ages.
Image: Sincerely, Anna
Text: Waterstones
