The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

The story starts on, with Allan Karlsson sitting in his retirement home, contemplating the impending celebration of his one-hundredth birthday.

This is the edition translated by Rod Bradbury, but it looks like there are a few different English versions floating around in fact, it’s been translated into 35 languages, all told. It was the best-selling book in Sweden the following year, and by mid-way through 2012 it had sold over three million copies worldwide. The One-Hundred-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared was first published in its native Swedish (Hundraåringen som Kiev ut genom fönstret och försvann, don’t ask me to say it) in 2009. ( From the publisher.Buy The One-Hundred-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared here. Quirky and utterly unique, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared has charmed readers across the world. Starting out in munitions as a boy, he somehow finds himself involved in many of the key explosions of the twentieth century and travels the world, sharing meals and more with everyone from Stalin, Churchill, and Truman to Mao, Franco, and de Gaulle. It would be the adventure of a lifetime for anyone else, but Allan has a larger-than-life backstory: Not only has he witnessed some of the most important events of the twentieth century, but he has actually played a key role in them. He climbs out the window in his slippers and embarks on a hilarious and entirely unexpected journey, involving, among other surprises, a suitcase stuffed with cash, some unpleasant criminals, a friendly hot-dog stand operator, and an elephant (not to mention a death by elephant).

A big celebration is in the works, but Allan really isn't interested (and he'd like a bit more control over his vodka consumption). The only problem is that he's still in good health, and in one day, he turns 100. The 100-Year-Old Man: Who Climbed Out the Window and DisappearedĪ reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert with a fondness for vodka) decides it’s not too late to start over.Īfter a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop.

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson