The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and DisappearedThe 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Title rated 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,226 ratings(1,226 ratings)
Book, 2012
Current format, Book, 2012, , Available now.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 health. A big celebration is in the works for his 100th birthday, but Allan really isn’t interested (and he’d like a bit more control over his alcohol consumption), so he decides to escape. He climbs out the window in his slippers and embarks on a hilarious and entirely unexpected journey. It would be the adventure of a lifetime for anyone else, but Allan has a larger-than-life backstory: he has not only witnessed some of the most important events of the 20th century, but actually played a key role in them
Title availability
About
Contributors
Details
Publication
- New York : Hyperion, c2012.
Opinion
More from the community
Community lists featuring this title
There are no community lists featuring this title
Community contributions
Community quotations are the opinions of contributing users. These quotations do not represent the opinions of Whistler Public Library.
There are no quotations from this title
From the community