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

  • By: Jonas Jonasson
  • Narrator: Peter Kenny
  • Category: Fiction, Sagas
  • Length: 10 hours 18 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: January 15, 2019
  • Language: English
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The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man Audiobook Summary

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.

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

Narrator Peter Kenny
Length 10 hours 18 minutes
Author Jonas Jonasson
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date January 15, 2019
ISBN 9780062850683

Subjects

The publisher of the The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Sagas

Additional info

The publisher of the The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062850683.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Jonathan

August 13, 2019

In a word; hysterical! Having read the first Hundred Year Old Man book which was funny in its own right, this story goes far beyond. For those familiar, when we first meet Alan, he escapes from a nursing home in Sweden and in the process stumbles across a suitcase with millions. In this story, Alan bonds with Julius, an asparagus importer/exporter and together they fumble their way around the world. Similar to the first book, Jonasson bends genre with a quasi-Monty Python approach. As a result, many of the chapters are outlandish. Better yet, nothing is held back when it comes to bashing world leaders, Trump included. If you enjoy laughing out loud, plots that twist and turn in the most outrageous manner, you'll enjoy the antics of Alan and Julius in this story. Highly recommended!

Delara

February 19, 2020

The old man saved my life during a hard time again 😌

Marije

August 10, 2018

Absurd, satirisch en actueel - een prachtige mixDit vervolg op De 100-jarige man die uit het raam klom en verdween mag ik samen lezen met 74 anderen in de eerste Hebban Leescarrousel. In groepjes bespreken we gedurende een aantal weken 3 thema's die in dit boek voorkomen: humor, actualiteit en 100 jaar.De vertaling is van Corry van Bree. Zij heeft al vele boeken vertaald van Scandinavische schrijvers, waaronder Mariette Lindstein (De Sekte), Jens Hendrik Jensen (Oxen), Emelie Schepp (Jana Berzelius) en Cilla en Rolf Börjlind (Rönning en Stilton).De prachtige gele omslag is ontworpen door Wil Immink Design Grafisch Ontwerpbureau. Zij maken onder andere omslagen voor Nora Roberts, Anthony Doerr, Tomas Ross, Claudia de Breij en Suzanne Vermeer. Hoe een boek er uitziet, is voor veel mensen belangrijk als teken om een boek op te pakken of te laten liggen. De gele omslag met een oude man met een exotische parasol nodigt daar zeker toe uit.Wie al meer boeken van deze schrijver gelezen heeft, weet dat er absurde humor in zit afgewisseld met prachtige gesprekken tussen de bijzondere karakters. En fantastische verhaallijnen die samenkomen in een heerlijk bedacht slotakkoord.Mijn absolute favoriet is De zonderlinge avonturen van het geniale bommenmeisje, dus ik ben erg nieuwsgierig waar dit verhaal in de lijst zal eindigen.In De 100-jarige man die terugkwam om de wereld te redden lezen we verder over Allan Karlsson en Julius Jonsson, riant levend op Bali van de koffer met Kronen nadat hun avonturen in het vorige boek eindigden.Voor de viering van Allan's 101ste verjaardag, huurt Julius een luchtballon. Helaas gaat er van alles mis - zoals we gewend zijn - met als resultaat dat Allan en Julius samen afdrijven in de luchtballon met een defect regelmechanisme. Zodra de gasfles leeg is, storten ze neer in de oceaan. Gelukkig worden ze opgepikt door een Noord-Koreaans vrachtschip dat helaas niet alleen legale lading aan boord heeft, maar ook een aktetas met verrijkt uranium. Aangekomen in Pyongyang voor een onderhoud met de Geweldige Leider, Kim Jong-Un, worden Allan en Julius een heet hangijzer op het toneel van de wereldpolitiek.Via vele omzwervingen, avonturen met grafkisten en ontmoetingen met wereldleiders en criminelen komen ze uiteindelijk thuis in Zweden, maar moeten het land halsoverkop weer verlaten als ze zich flink in de nesten hebben gewerkt. Ze vertrekken samen met Sabine - hun nieuwe zakenpartner - naar Tanzania. Maar niet getreurd: ook hier zitten nieuwe kansen achter nieuwe deuren.Het hele verhaal is eigenlijk een knipoog naar hoe wij de wereld bekijken: vaak veel te serieus. De schrijver wisselt humor af met sarcasme en satire. Het op een grappige manier aan de kaak stellen van de wereldproblematiek is geweldig! Door scènes te ontleden tot hun basale naaktheid, ontstaat een prachtige sfeer die in al zijn boeken terugkomt. Dat is echt de kracht van zijn verhalen. Ons laten nadenken over hoe we naar de wereld kijken en dit verweven met een aantal absurdistische verhaallijnen die in eerste instantie je wenkbrauwen doen fronsen van: hoe gaat dit nu weer verder?Maar zoals in al zijn boeken komt alles goed en alle lijntjes komen samen.Wie houdt van verhalen die absurd, grappig, satirisch, sarcastisch en op een bijzondere manier naar de wereld kijken, zal veel plezier beleven aan de boeken van deze schrijver.

Veronika

December 28, 2018

This book was so much fun :) It was really nice to meet Allan and his crazy accidental life story again. He got to meet the world leaders of nowadays and it was done in such a perfect and funny typical Allan way. I was little afraid before reading, since I loved previous book and wasn't really sure how this one will fit all Allan's craziness of life into such a short period of time. But Jonas Jonasson did it geniously, it didn't feel forced at all and I absolutely loved it. Yes, it was a bit different than the first book, but I don't think there is a point to compare these two. Because you would definitely find things which are wrong with the newer one. BUT if you are feeling sad and would like to get little more of Allan Karlsson into your life, read this book and you won't regret :)

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