Allan Karlsson has had a long and eventful life, but as he approaches his 100th birthday, he is very unhappy living in a nursing home. He's very healthy and he hates Nurse Alice, the administrator who is planning a big birthday party, so the morning of the celebration, Allan steps out of his window in his slippers and embarks on an amazing, unexpected and hilarious journey.
During his adventures, we also learn of Allan's history, and it is an impressive one for he has taken part in some of the most important events of the 20th century, met and mingled with such people as Harry S. Truman, Mao Tse-Tung, Stalin and even LBJ in a unique capacity.
The opening part had me laughing till tears ran down my face, and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole book. It's a sort of Forrest Gump as Allan embarks on this remarkable journey as well as an interesting look back at events of the 20th century. And if I hadn't checked the credits, I would not have even guessed that it had been translated from Swedish.
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