The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas JonassonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
"The 100 Year Old Man..." is the story of Allan Karlsson, who upon his 100 birthday in the old folks home he now resides in, decided quite suddenly that he wanted nothing more to do with any of it. So, he climbed out the window in his room and left. As simple as that.
He was soon on a journey that sends, not only him, but the reader on an adventure of a lifetime. A run in with a criminal who entrusted the old man with a mysterious suitcase while he goes to the bathroom at the train station, sets everything into motion.
As he meets with people on his journey, we get filled in on the extraordinary life of Allan.
This book is filled with historical, mostly political figures, places from all over the world and a beautiful insight to the man that is Allan.
I thoroughly enjoyed how Jonas Jonasson weaved real historical people and events with the characters he created. It was so entertaining throughout the book to see these people in a very real way. And how Jonas put Allan right smack in the middle of these events. How he allowed Allan to have a direct influence.
This book is rich with story and character development. The humor and wit was perfect and Jonas proved to have the ability with the timing of each twist and turn and humor.
This book is brilliant and entertaining from start to finish.
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