A charming book , certainly shadows of Forrest Gump but so Swedish at heart and much more naughty than Gump.
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On his 100th birthday Allan Karlsson makes his escape from the old people's home and embarks on an unlikely and momentous adventure.
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Hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared, Jonas Jonasson
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- Released
- 2014
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jonas Jonasson
- Publisher
- Hesperus
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 389
- ISBN10
- 1843914824
- ISBN13
- 9781843914822
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Humor, Contemporary Fiction, Politics, Friendship, Realistic Fiction, Gifts for grandpa, Comedies, Adapted for Film, English Literature, Escape, Debut, Seniors, Atomic Bomb, Picaresque Novels, Century (Age)
- First published
- 2009
- Original title
- Hundraäringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- On his 100th birthday Allan Karlsson makes his escape from the old people's home and embarks on an unlikely and momentous adventure.