Book of the day: The 100-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared

It all starts on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, he is waiting for the party he-never-wanted-anyway to begin. The mayor is going to be there. The press is going to be there. But, as it turns out, Allan is not…

Slowly but surely Allan climbs out of his bedroom window, into the flowerbed (in his slippers) and makes his getaway.

And so begins the picaresque and unlikely journey of the centenarian.

Jonas Jonasson's debut novel The 100-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared is full of adventures and funny stories.