01998cam a2200421 i 4500 1454287115 TxAuBib 20240722120000.0 150624s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780349141800 0349141800 (OCoLC)971620432 TxAuBib rda eng swe Jonasson, Jonas, 1961-, author. The hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared [book] / Jonas Jonasson ; translator, Roy Bradbury. London : Abacus, 2015. 393 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Leisure Reading. Translated from the Swedish. 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 -- remarkable -- he played a key role behind the scenes in some of the momentous events of the twentieth century. -- Back cover. 20240722. Translated from the Swedish. Older people Fiction. Nursing homes Fiction. Fugitives from justice Fiction. Explosives Fiction. Twentieth century Fiction. Swedish fiction 21st century. Bradbury, Roy, translator. TXEDP