Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All

By Jonas Jonasson

The bestselling novel from the author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO START AGAIN. AND AGAIN.

It’s always awkward when five thousand kronor goes missing. When it happens at a certain grotty hotel in south Stockholm, it’s particularly awkward because the money belongs to the hitman currently staying in room seven. Per Persson, the hotel receptionist, just wants to mind his own business, and preferably not get murdered. Johanna Kjellander, temporarily resident in room eight, is a priest without a vocation, and, as of last week, without a parish. But right now she has two things at her disposal: an envelope containing five thousand kronor, and an excellent idea . . .

Featuring one violent killer, two shrewd business brains and many crates of Moldovan red wine, Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All is an outrageously zany story with as many laughs as Jonasson’s multimillion-copy bestseller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.

‘Enormous fun’ The Times

‘A thrilling ride’ Financial Times

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Apr 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9780008152086

Jonas Jonasson

JONAS JONASSON worked as a journalist for the Expressen newspaper for many years. He became a media consultant and later set up a company producing sports and events for Swedish television. He then sold the company and moved abroad to work on his first novel. Today Jonasson is a global phenomenon. His five novels—The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All, The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man and The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared—have sold sixteen million copies in forty-six countries. Jonas Jonasson lives on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.

Reviews for Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All

[gwendydd · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is totally silly fluff, and that's all it aspires to be, and that's all it needs to be, and that's exactly what I wanted out of it. It has Jonasson's typical ridiculous humor with characters who bumble in and out of ridiculous situations, often aided by unbelievable coincidences. A fallen priest and a hotel receptionist take advantage of an alcoholic hitman to earn a nefarious fortune, and hilarity ensues.

[welsh_eileen2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another great story from Jonas Jonasson!I loved The Hundred Year Old Man and Girl Who Saved the King.This is an even better novel if that's possible!very highly recommended.I was given digital copy of this book by the publisher Harper Collins/Fourth Estate via Netgalley in return for an honest unbiased review.

[kayanelson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I just love Jonas Jonassons books. They are just laugh out loud funny. The plot goes from one absurd action to another but yet somehow they all seem to make sense. It's a fun read, as are all his books, and worth it.

[bdgamer-669415 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Can't say I hated it, but didn't like it too much either. The story seemed to move nowhere at all, there was no sense of danger or accomplishment at any moment. It was just a series of events strung together by luck or plot device.

But the trademark Swedish humor is still there. It was a brief, brisk read, but don't expect much from it.

[triduana-794064 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed his first two books but this one was something of a disappointment. It wasn't that it was a bad idea for a story, but it was a bit too cartoony and the humour was a bit too forced.

[fionaanne · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Definitely less engaging than his first two books.