The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

BOOK DESCRIPTION

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 he 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 Allan’s escapades unfold, we learn something of his earlier life, in which, remarkably, he crossed paths with several of the twentieth century’s greatest leaders, world-changing events, and historical figures. Charming, witty and irreverent, this Swedish phenomenon has sold over ten million copies worldwide.