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A review by treehuggeranonymous
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
5.0
Hilarious!
Really enjoyed reading this. There are two stories being told simultaneously. The first follows 100 year old Allan Carlson as he escapes his nursing home and accidentally ends up being hunted by a narcotics gang and the police force. It's full of crazy mishaps and loveable oddball characters and an elephant and an Alsatian to round out the group. The second is the life of Allan Carlson from 1905 to 2005. This part is a bit like Forrest Gump but with way more presidents. In the course of a lifetime Carlson meets both Truman and LBJ, Stalin, Mao, Churchill, and DeGaul. And at every meeting it seems completely reasonable give then circumstances and Everything that happens so far.
This is a fun, feel good read that you won't regret reading.
Really enjoyed reading this. There are two stories being told simultaneously. The first follows 100 year old Allan Carlson as he escapes his nursing home and accidentally ends up being hunted by a narcotics gang and the police force. It's full of crazy mishaps and loveable oddball characters and an elephant and an Alsatian to round out the group. The second is the life of Allan Carlson from 1905 to 2005. This part is a bit like Forrest Gump but with way more presidents. In the course of a lifetime Carlson meets both Truman and LBJ, Stalin, Mao, Churchill, and DeGaul. And at every meeting it seems completely reasonable give then circumstances and Everything that happens so far.
This is a fun, feel good read that you won't regret reading.