The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Author: Jonas Jonasson

The international publishing sensation—over two million copies sold.A 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, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he’s still in good healt….Read More

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