The international publishing sensation–over six million copies sold worldwide!
A 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 . . .
After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he’s still in good health, … in good health, and in one day, he turns 100. 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). So he decides to escape. 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).
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. 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. Quirky and utterly unique, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared has charmed readers across the world.
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Very unusual, out of ordinary, awesome book: wish more people could actually break a mold and do something bold instead of the expected and mundane.
Smartest funny book I’ve ever read!
Reading this book was like watching the movie Fargo. Bizarre and wonderful and you wonder why you’re enjoying some of the antics the characters get up to.
I enjoyed it so much that as I neared the end, I was looking forward to rereading it!
Excellent book, fun reading!
This book was just plain fun. If you’re looking for a light read on a breezy summer day – this is it!
Sheer amused pleasure which was totally unexpected.
Made me laugh out load. Hope the author writes another book.
One of the most enjoyable books my wife and I have read in many years.
Read this for book club everyone enjoyed it. Fun tale about a many who seems to have done it all. Just the title gives you an idea about how fun the book is. Recommendation just read it for fun don’t try and over think it.