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OverviewThe sequel to Jonas Jonasson’s international bestseller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared 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 harbouring a suitcase full of contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un … Soon Allan and Julius are at the centre of a complex diplomatic crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very complicated … Praise for The Hundred-Year-Old Man: ‘A mordantly funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing disgracefully’ Sunday Times ‘Imaginative, laugh-out-loud . . . a brilliant satire on the foibles of mankind’ Daily Telegraph ‘Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny’ Guardian Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jonas Jonasson , Rachel Willson-BroylesPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd Dimensions: Width: 11.10cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 17.80cm Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9780008304928ISBN 10: 0008304920 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 05 March 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for The Hundred-Year-Old Man: 'A mordantly funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing disgracefully' Sunday Times 'Imaginative, laugh-out-loud . . . a brilliant satire on the foibles of mankind' Daily Telegraph 'Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny' Guardian Praise for The Hundred-Year-Old Man: `A mordantly funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing disgracefully' Sunday Times `Imaginative, laugh-out-loud . . . a brilliant satire on the foibles of mankind' Daily Telegraph `Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny' Guardian Author InformationJonas 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |