This book has the longest title I have ever seen. The story kind of matched the title. I felt like it went on and on and on and on. It is quite funny. That kept me reading. Too often though, I found myself saying, "Oh come on!" to some of the humor though.
There is a lot of history in the book. I am not up on history at all and I wondered if some of the things really did happen that he talks about. If they did, it makes the story even better.
I thought it was really well translated. It seemed like it had been written in English first (it was first written and published in Swedish).
If you are up for something silly, this book is a good one to pick up. I loved the concept if living life to the fullest and not worrying how things will work out.
Goodreads summary:
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 Allan 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 his escapades unfold, we learn something of Allan’s earlier life in which – remarkably – he helped to make the atom bomb, became friends with American presidents, Russian tyrants, and Chinese leaders, and was a participant behind the scenes in many key events of the twentieth century. Already a huge bestseller across Europe, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared is a fun and feel-good book for all ages
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