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The bestselling novel from the author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man
Who Climbed Out of the Window and The Girl Who Saved the King of
Sweden IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START AGAIN. AND AGAIN. It's always
awkward when five thousand kronor goes missing. When it happens at
a certain grotty hotel in south Stockholm, it's particularly
awkward because the money belongs to the hitman currently staying
in room seven. Per Persson, the hotel receptionist, just wants to
mind his own business, and preferably not get murdered. Johanna
Kjellander, temporarily resident in room eight, is a priest without
a vocation, and, as of last week, without a parish. But right now
she has two things at her disposal: an envelope containing five
thousand kronor, and an excellent idea . . . Featuring one violent
killer, two shrewd business brains and many crates of Moldovan red
wine, Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All is an outrageously
zany story with as many laughs as Jonasson's multimillion-copy
bestseller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window
and Disappeared. 'Enormous fun' The Times 'A thrilling ride'
Financial Times
The brand-new adventure from the beloved author of The Hundred
Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. Victor
Alderheim has a lot to answer for. Not only has he heartlessly
tricked his young ex-wife, Jenny, out of her art gallery
inheritance, but he has also abandoned his son, Kevin, to die in
the middle of the Kenyan savanna. It doesn't occur to Victor that
Kevin might be rescued and adopted by a Maasai medicine man, or
that he might be expected to undergo the rituals expected of all
new Maasai warriors - which have him running back to Stockholm as
fast as you can say circumcision without anaesthetic. Back in
Stockholm, Kevin's path crosses with Jenny's - and they have an
awful lot to talk about, not least a shared desire to get even with
Victor. So it's convenient when they run into a man selling revenge
services, who has an ingenious idea involving Victor's cellar, a
goat, some forged paintings, four large boxes of sex toys, and a
kilo of flour ...
The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.
Sweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times.
Armed with this terrible knowledge, Petra meets Johan, a domesday prophet, and Agnes, a widow of 75 who has made bank living a double life on social media as a young influencer. Together, the trio race through Europe as they plan to make the most out of the time they have left, in more ways than one.
But of course, things rarely go to plan, even the end of the world…
The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the
internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who
Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Sweden, late summer of
2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the
atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around
21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times. Armed
with this terrible knowledge, Petra meets Johan, a domesday
prophet, and Agnes, a widow of 75 who has made bank living a double
life on social media as a young influencer. Together, the trio race
through Europe as they plan to make the most out of the time they
have left, in more ways than one. But of course, things rarely go
to plan, even the end of the world…
As delightfully wry and witty as his bestselling debut, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, this is a tale of how one woman's attempt to change her future ended up changing everything.
Nombeko Mayeki is on the run from the world's most ruthless secret service - with three Chinese sisters, twins who are officially one person and an elderly potato farmer. Oh, and the fate of the King of Sweden - and the world - rests on her shoulders.
Born in a Soweto shack in 1961, Nombeko was destined for a short, hard life. When she was run over by a drunken engineer her luck changed. Alive, but blamed for the accident, she was made to work for the engineer - who happened to be in charge of a project vital to South Africa's security. Nombeko was good at cleaning, but brilliant at understanding numbers. The drunk engineer wasn't - and made a big mistake. And now only Nombeko knows about it ...
As uproariously funny as Jonas Jonasson's bestselling debut, this is an entrancing tale of luck, love and international relations.
The sequel to Jonas Jonasson’s international bestseller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.
It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harbouring a suitcase full of contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un.
Soon Allan and Julius are at the centre of a complex diplomatic crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very complicated...
THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER Sitting quietly in his room in an old
people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't
want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be precise. The
Mayor will be there. The press will be there. But, as it turns out,
Allan will not . . . Escaping (in his slippers) through his bedroom
window, into the flowerbed, Allan makes his getaway. And so begins
his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several
murders, a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police. As his
escapades unfold, Allan's earlier life is revealed. A life in which
- remarkably - he played a key role behind the scenes in some of
the momentous events of the twentieth century. Translated by Roy
Bradbury.
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, 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.
The sequel to Jonas Jonasson's international bestseller The
Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of
champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views,
but they're not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a
North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the
captain of the ship would be harbouring a suitcase full of
contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un
... Soon Allan and Julius are at the centre of a complex diplomatic
crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to
Angela Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very
complicated ... Praise for The Hundred-Year-Old Man: `A mordantly
funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing
disgracefully' Sunday Times `Imaginative, laugh-out-loud . . . a
brilliant satire on the foibles of mankind' Daily Telegraph
`Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny' Guardian
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