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 Alla[...]

A wildly picaresque new novel from Jonas Jonasson, the author of the internationally bestselling The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and DisappearedIn a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Put to work at five years old and orphaned at ten, she quic[...]

The international publishing sensation--over two million copies soldA 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, believi[...]

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 Alla[...]

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 Alla[...]

Etter et langt og begivenhetsrikt liv havner Allan Karlsson på gamlehjem hvor han tror han snart skal ende sine dager. Problemet er bare at helsa nekter å svikte. En dag fyller han ubønnhørlig hundre år. Pomp og prakt, ordfører, lokalavis og bløtkake venter. Men Allan vil ikke være med. Han [...]

Etter et langt og begivenhetsrikt liv havner Allan Karlsson på gamlehjem hvor han tror han snart skal ende sine dager. Problemet er bare at helsa nekter å svikte. En dag fyller han ubønnhørlig hundre år. Pomp og prakt, ordfører, lokalavis og bløtkake venter. Men Allan vil ikke være med. Han [...]