Description: "Published in 2018 by 4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins, UK"--Title page verso.
Brief description:
JONAS JONASSON worked as a journalist for the Expressen newspaper for many years. He became a media consultant and later set up a company producing sports and events for Swedish television. He then sold the company and moved abroad to work on his first novel. Today Jonasson is a global phenomenon. His five novels--The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All, The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man and The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared--have sold sixteen million copies in forty-six countries. Jonas Jonasson lives on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
Review Quotes:
[A] laugh-out-loud debut. . . . Historical figures like Mao's third wife, Vice President Truman, and Stalin appear, to great comic effect. Other characters--most notably Albert Einstein's hapless half-brother--are cleverly spun into the raucous yarn, and all help drive this gentle lampoon of procedurals and thrillers." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Scandi-crime's signature darkness is here dispelled by Allan Karlsson, the eponymous centenarian, who with unlikely sprightliness hops out of the window of his old people's home one afternoon. . . . Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny." - Guardian
"As much ludicrous fun as the first book but with the additional bonus of being set in today's crazy political world.... Highly recommended." - Express
"Uproarious....Jonasson's clever prose, madcap delights, and satirical political commentary will please fans of the original novel and newcomers alike." - Publishers Weekly
"A welcome visit from an old friend that's filled with laugh out-loud hijinx as well as thought- provoking and timely satire on the current state of the world and the perils of power." - Booklist
"Jonasson creates the near impossible with his astute assessments of today's unstable global political climate and endearingly sweet characters, providing laugh-out-loud moments in a dark time. Reminiscent of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency with a side order of Forrest Gump." - Library Journal (starred review)
Praise for The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared: "Eccentric, unusual and far-fetched in the best possible way." - Bookseller