The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man

A Novel

By: Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles

Narrated by: Peter Kenny

What's next for Allan Karlsson? Turns out this centenarian has a few more adventures in store . . .

It 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 harboring a suitcase full of contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un. Yikes!

Soon Allan and Julius are at the center of a complex diplomatic crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela Merkel and President Trump. Needless to say, things are about to get very, very complicated.

Another hilarious, witty, and entertaining novel from bestselling author Jonas Jonasson that will have readers howling out-loud at the escapades and misfortunes of its beloved hundred-year-old hero Allan Karlsson and his irresistible sidekick Julius.

Crazy Swedish Centenarian - Part 2

Incredibly far fetched fairytale of wonder, travel, world leaders & asparagus. The web is tangled hither & yon with a years worth of humor. Not quite as engrossing at Part 1 but maybe the uniqueness wore off a little. All in all a delightful read. I’m hoping there is a Part 3!

not what I had hoped.

I had truly hoped for a continuation of the 1st book. The characters and plot were just not as lol funny and convoluted as the first book. As the author said in the opening comments, he wasn't planning on a sequel. It certainly felt forced.

So.much.fun!

Another winning book by Jonas Jonasson. Good grief! I wish Alan Carlson (sp?) and his friends were my neighbors. They bring more laughs than a barrel of monkeys :) and kudos to Peter Kenny who is a marvelous narrator!

Best Jonasson yet!

The characterizations of current world leaders are priceless. Delightful and uproariously thoughtful. Thank you Mr Author!

Hmmmm . . . errrrrr . . . .

This book is the ultimate proof that history is "his story.". I used to think that exclusively meant that it was up to the victors or survivors of historical happenings, but I now think there is so much more that can be blamed upon how the person looking at the information decides to interpret it. The Swedish author is decidedly pessimistic in his views. While I cannot argue that there is much bad in the world, I am of the mind that trying to find the good in things is a more productive and effective way of fixing the problems. I'm sure that some will say that humor, as this book is meant to come across as, can be effective too, and while I agree with that as well, I must point out that this is negative humor (if humor can ever be used to describe the majority of this book), which I do not consider very effective. I think what bothers me the most about this book is just how disrespectful everyone is. The is no real kindness anywhere. I can say however that the last statement in the book is fairly truthful.