Jonas Jonasson
Jonas Jonasson is the author of the novel The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, which has sold more than eight million copies worldwide. He was a journalist for many years, then became a media consultant and later the founder of a sporting events production company for...
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Jonas Jonasson is the author of the novel The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, which has sold more than eight million copies worldwide. He was a journalist for many years, then became a media consultant and later the founder of a sporting events production company for Swedish television. After selling his company, he moved abroad to work on his first novel. Jonasson now lives with his son on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
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My biggest takeaway from this book is that all white men are capable of murder, especially the harmless-looking ones.
The saying There's nothing pleasant about old age can change its meaning if you have so many adventures and luck as Allan is his 100-year life. His life story is such increadible that it seems that it could acctually happen! What we experience is a world history lesson seen and told by Allan in a sa...
In this improbable dark comedy, the titular 100-year-old man has a history of being at the center of and even influencing historical events. Some parts of the book are quite funny, but the writing (or translation) style can be tedious to go through due to its propensity for long-winded indirect spee...
Minutes before a birthday party held in honor of his 100th birthday, the main character, Allan Karlsson, climbs out the window of his room at the nursing home. He walks over to the train station, and with no plans in his mind, he simply keeps on moving, meeting some interesting characters along the ...
26. Pearl Ruled: [The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared] by [[Jonas Jonasson]]Rating: 1.5* of five (p100)--coincidentally, the end of chapter 8! The Book Description: The international publishing sensation--over two million copies sold A reluctant centenarian much like Forr...
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