This Swedish debut might recall the work of Tom Robbins and J. P. Donleavy's The Ginger Man -- if Donleavy's hero had been a reprobate centenarian. Bolting from his nursing home, Allan Karlsson encounters rollicking adventures in both the present and in flashbacks into his eventful life. Already being filmed, Jonas Jonasson's novel has won acclaim across Europe.
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