The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man: A Novel
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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.
Jonas Jonasson
Jonas Jonasson was a journalist for the Expressen newspaper for many years. He became a media consultant and later on set up a company producing sports and events for Swedish television. He sold his company and moved abroad to work on his first novel. Jonasson now lives on the Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Allan's at it again. This time uranium and asparagus are heavily involved. I found this sequel slightly less funny than the first novel, but I still loved every second of it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I was supposed to have gotten a free ARC of this book, but it never arrived. I was so excited to read it, I went ahead and bought a copy when I knew something must have happened to the free copy. I LOVED the first book in this series. I'm not sure how you can read the book and not fall in love with Allan, the 100-year-old man. In this book, he is now turning 101 and is just as lovable. The story doesn't go back so far in his life since we learned about that in the first book. But he is just as good at being in the wrong place at the right time, or maybe the right place at the wrong time? Anyway, in this book he ends up in North Korea with contraband uranium. He needs to find a way out of this pickle. In standard Allan fashion, he gets out of one situation just to end up in another.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Allan Karlsson has reached his 101st birthday and is one again tangled up in world events. I liked this one better than the first book in the series -- the plot was tighter and I often laughed out loud. A fun read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson, gave us Allan Karlsson, a man who seems, Forrest Gump-like, to be present at most major historical events. Allan finds himself in a lot more sticky situations though, but continually gets out of them through sheer luck and his own lack of a filter when talking to world leaders. He relates the story of his adventures as he bumbles through yet another misadventure as he turns 100 years old. The humor in this first book is wry and subtle, and it was a real pleasure to read.The next installment of Allan's life, as he turns 101, is a bit less enjoyable. I can imagine that the humor from the first book would be hard to sustain, especially as we must largely confine ourselves to Allan's present circumstances, as Allan encounters Donald Trump, Kim Jong-Un, and Angela Merkel, among others officials. Unfortunately, although Allan himself seems little changed, his companions now seem to find him more annoying than anything else, and that rubbed me the wrong way. When did he suddenly become a troublesome old man? Maybe it was just the little black tablet that he insists on consulting all the time...Still, for all that this installment wasn't quite as good as the first one, it's very enjoyable, if for no other reason that Allan's continued lack of filter as he deals with current world leaders.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I have loved every book I read by Jonas Jonasson and The Accidental Further Adventures of the 100 Year-Old Man is no exception. All of Jonasson's books have the same formula, humorous events happening accidentally that somehow end up okay for the good of the world. It's like being on a roller coaster except with laughter. You just finish laughing and then take a little pause on the way up only to start laughing again. Anyway this book involves uranium, North Korea, Russia, Trump, Angela Merkel and travel to 5 continents. Oh and the 100 Year Old Man gets an iPad. Take a break from life and read this book while the rag tag group bumbles along from one thing to the next!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Book on CD performed by Peter Kenny. 3.5*** From the book jacket: 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….My reactionsThe scenarios are every bit as ridiculous, outlandish, and unbelievable as in the first book, but I just love the way Allan just “goes with the flow.” Nothing really upsets him; he keeps his wits about him and manages to cleverly work his way out of a number of dicey situations. Along the way there are encounters with a number of world leaders, including Donald Trump and Angela Merkel (among others). It’s a fast, fun, romp of a novel that had me giggling in places. Peter Kenny does a fine job performing the audiobook. I really love the way he interprets Allan, but his Kim Jong-un is almost unintelligible, and his Donald Trump is not even close to begin accurate.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Allan Karlsson is back, with his asparagus growing friend Julius! And as Allan celebrates his 101st birthday, a new set of adventures begins! From Bali, to North Korea, to the United States to Africa!Dealing with Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump! Conspiring with Angela Merkel! Dabbling in uranium, coffin making, and asparagus! Just an all-over-the-word adventure for the hundred and one-year-old-man!Lots of political satire in this, most pointed at Kim and Donald, deservedly so. Like this, “The point was to set American against American. A divided country was a weakened country, after all.” Also, a lot of satire on regular old comings and goings around the world, in the news, as read on Allan's black tablet. Sort of in the vein of "Catch-22", with a little old Mark Twain thrown in! Lots of laughs, even when I should have been cringing because it was true! Overall, an enjoyable sequel!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another fun read about a 100+ year old man. He gets around and his travels with his companions are amazing. There are many plot threads weaved together and they work well. If you liked the first book you will like this one.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This sequel is just not as delightful as the first book was. Allan and his friend Julius take off accidentally in a hot air balloon and eventually land in the sea. They are picked up by a North Korean ship, and through a unusual chain of events, they later acquire a suitcase with stolen uranium. From then on, it’s a cat and mouse chase of following, losing, and regaining that uranium and more. Needless to say, they meet world leaders and other strange people along the way. Complicated and convoluted, of course, but still humorous and entertaining. Similar in writing and style, it’s just not nearly as good as the first one was.