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

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- Authors: [Jonas Jonasson](https://www.bookquiver.com/jonas-jonasson)
- Publisher: abacus
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-4914-181-7
- Published: 2015-07-09
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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.