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On his 100th birthday Allan Karlsson makes his escape from the old people's home and embarks on an unlikely and momentous adventure.
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2 primary booksThe Hundred-Year-Old Man is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Jonas Jonasson and Rachel Willson-Broyles.
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“Everything must come to an end, especially nonsense perhaps.”
But it was good kind of nonsense. Funny. Sweet. Highly plot-driven. The right amount of absurd.
“Allan considered that in general it was quite unnecessary to be grumpy if you had the chance not to.”
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