by Jonasson, Jonas, 1961-
This has been a bestseller across Sweden and the rest of Europe and now readers in the UK can find out why. It starts on the 100th birthday of Allan Karlsson: a special party is planned in his old people's home, but Allan decides he's not going to be there. He climbs out of the window in his slippers and makes his getaway. It's the start of a picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash and incompetent police. As his escapades unfold, we also learn more about Allan's rather remarkable life. Definitely one to watch.
The hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared / Interview / Independent / Saturday / 30 Mar 2013
Headline: Centurion becomes a Swede sensation
Star Rating: 2 Stars
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared / Feature / Irish Times / Saturday / 08 Dec 2012
Feature: Irish Times Books of the Year 2012
Star Rating: 4 Stars
The hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared / Feature / "Herald, Scotland" / Saturday / 24 Nov 2012
Headline: Herald Scotland Books of the Year 2012
Star Rating: 5 Stars
The hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared / Feature / "Herald, Scotland" / Saturday / 24 Nov 2012
Headline: Herald Scotland Books of the Year 2012
Star Rating: 5 Stars
The hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared / Review / Sunday Times / Sunday / 12 Aug 2012
You can bet your shirt that the late Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (another colossus in the country’s pantheon of grumps) wouldn’t have touched the movie with a barge pole, but even he might have admired a novel that does not impotently contemplate the dying of the light so much as grab mortality by the lapels and beat seven bells out of it. › Read full review
Star Rating: 3 Stars
Hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared / Review / Guardian / Saturday / 28 Jul 2012
Star Rating: 3 Stars
/ News / Observer / Sunday / 04 Mar 2012
News: Bestseller joints the Nordic invasion of Britain
Star Rating: 3 Stars