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

Jonas Jonasson has created a wickedly fun story about a man who manages to escape out of the window of his nursing home, going on the run with an increasing number of people and a suitcase of money that was being held by an unlucky low-level mobster.

As the story continues the reader finds that Allan Karlsson has lead a remarkable life, rubbing shoulders with Stalin and Kim Jong-il and others. The story flicks back and forth between the present and the past but you never feel lost and you certainly never feel bored.