Like Allan, the plot is pleasingly nimble and the book's endearing charm offers a happy alternative to the more familiar Nordic noir. Meanwhile, Allan's present-day adventure turns into a genial crime-fest as a series of affable rogues join his geriatric conga line. He has also had a hand in everything from the Russian revolution to Reagan's Star Wars. Like Forrest Gump, Allan is an innocent with the knack of being in the right place at the right time. Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny, the novel quickly develops into a romp that takes in all the major events of the 20th century. had come to see his daughter one last time two years. When Gunilla (The Beauty) described the arrival of Allan et al, she said 'the first visitors since Daddy. 'And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, Let him who is without sin among you more. Scandi-crime's signature darkness is here dispelled by Allan Karlsson, the eponymous centenarian, who with unlikely sprightliness hops out of the window of his old people's home one afternoon and does a runner – or more of a shuffle. Linsey The bible verse that was mentioned is John 8:7. I t might be reasonable to assume that this Swedish novel has ridden to its huge success in Europe on the coat-tails of Mankell and Larsson, but this book's hero has much more in common with Voltaire's Candide than Kurt or Lisbeth.
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