I had so much fun reading The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared that is why I knew I had to read this book which once again features the much-beloved Allan Karlsson.
On reading the foreword by Jonasson, the author himself, I was even more excited to get reading. Jonasson had confessed that he had had no intention of writing another book about Allan, however, Mr. Karlsson kept entering his thoughts and recent world events left Jonasson feeling the need to write about how it ought to be, and Allan was the only one who could help him do that.
So this is how we find ourselves witnesses to Allan’s 101st birthday at a luxurious Indonesian beach resort where in the midst of festivities, Allan and his dear friend Julius find themselves floating away in a balloon. Landing in the Indian Ocean, they are picked up a North Korean carrier which delivers them to Pyongyang and its supreme leader.
The story takes all the unexpected twists and turns we have come to expect of Jonasson’s writing. Of course, recent world events and world leaders (let’s do some name-dropping here; the Swedish foreign minister, the German chancellor, Donald Trump) are woven into the plot to make a tale that is rather tall but still within the realm of probability. Throw into the mix some plutonium, a coffin-making business, some spiritual research, journeys through various countries with a crazy “Nazi” on their heels and we have ourselves a book that I could not get enough of.
Now you know what I think, I hope you would give this book a read and let me know what you think.
Happy Reading!
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