Name: The 102 Year old man
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Author: Jonas Jonasson
ISBN: 9780008275570

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Physical Book

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Jonas Jonasson

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HarperCollins

Synopsis "The 102 Year old man "

The sequel to Jonas Jonasson’s international bestseller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and DisappearedIt all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harbouring a suitcase full of contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un …Soon Allan and Julius are at the centre of a complex diplomatic crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very complicated …Praise for The Hundred-Year-Old Man:‘A mordantly funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing disgracefully’ Sunday Times‘Imaginative, laugh-out-loud . . . a brilliant satire on the foibles of mankind’ Daily Telegraph‘Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny’ Guardian

Jonas Jonasson

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Jonas Jonasson is a Swedish author known for his humorous and satirical style in contemporary literature. His most famous work, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2009), catapulted him to international fame, standing out as an adventure novel full of irony. This book has been translated into numerous languages and adapted into film, establishing Jonasson as a benchmark in modern Swedish narrative.

Other notable titles include The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden (2013) and Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All (2016). In his works, he combines humor and social critique, exploring themes such as politics, history, and the human condition through eccentric characters and unexpected situations.

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