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A reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert with a fondness for vodka) decides it’s not too late to start over ...
After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Mr Ryan Hutton: CIA agent
- Allan Karlsson: main character, 100 years old, escapes from his own birthday party.
- Ryan Hutton: C I A
- Sonya Hedenbratt: A Docile Elephant
- Uncle Frasse: Uncle of Bosse and Benny
- Herb Einstein: The dim witted but endearing half brother of Albert Einstein
- Allan Karlsson: The protagonist and the Centenarian who jumps out of the window on his 100th birthday to escape the claustrophobic regimen of an old age home
- Director Alice: The bad tempered head of staff at the Old Folk's Home in Malmkoping
- Julius Jonsson: The perpetrator in crime with Alan Karlsson and a geriatric himself with a history of failed ventures
- Gustavsson: The Wholesale Merchant whom Alan remembers from his boyhood days
- Mr Dollars: Superb pseudonym only employed towards the end of the book, and very handy he was too!
- Professor Bernhard Lundborg: An expert on Racial Biology at Uppsala University
- Bernhard Lundborg: Snackbar owner hired by Allan and Julius to drive them around and becomes one of their friends on their journey.
- Aronsson: The Detective Chief Inspector investigating the mysterious disappearance of Alan Karlsson
- Ronnie Hulth: A telephone operator
- Jessica Bjorkman: The live-in girlfriend of the bus driver
- Per-Gunnar-Gerdin: Commonly known as "Pike" or the "Boss", Gerdin is the Chief of the "Never Again" gang
- Per-Gunnar Gerdin: Boss of the criminal gang Never Again.
- Bengt Bolt Bylund: A member of "Never Again" who has an unfortunate tryst with Alan Karlsson
- Benny: Owner of a hot dog stand and an experimental student for an indescribable number of years. Accomplice to the deeds of Alan Karlsson.
- Miguel Primo de Rivera: The Prime Minister of Spain with whose daughter Alan Karlsson has a dangerous dalliance.
- Bucket: One of "Boss"'s henchmen
- Beauty: The owner of an elephant and friend of Alan Karlsson and team.
- Sonya: The elephant
- Uncle Frank: Benny's Uncle
- Bo: Benny's elder brother
- General Franco: Add a description of this character.
- Lieutenant Lewis
- Harry Truman: Former President of the United States of America
- Moses: Moses was not in the book.
- J. Robert Oppenheimer: Father of the Atom Bomb
- Isabella
- Henrik Mikael Hultén: One of the members of criminal gang Never Again, instructed by Gerdin to get bak the suitcase from Allan.
- Rottne
- bush
- Jesus Christ
- Mr. Wholesale Merchant Gustavsson: Merchant who was a little tight in his dealings.
- Shah
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Mao Einstein: Son of Amanda and Herbert.
- Charles de Gaulle
- Mao Tsetung
- Jessica Björkman
- Harry S. Truman
- Bolt Bylund
- Comrade Stalin
- Roosevelt
- Mr Gerdin
- Jimmy Carter
- Bosse Ljungberg
- Bellringer Farm
- Robert Oppenheimer
- Mr Stalin
- Kevin Ferguson
- Boss Gerdin
- Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov
- Greta
- Molotov: Allan's cat
- Pike ' Gerdin
- Gunilla Björklund: Owner of Sjötorp.
- Franco Corelli
- Winston Churchill
- Erik Bengt Bylund
- Julius Jonsson: 100 year old man who climbs from his window at the nursing home to embark on a wonderful journey.
- Misters Stalin
- Bosse Baddy
- Mr Kim Jong Il
- Henrik Söder
- Father Ferguson
- Verner von Heidenstam
- Allan Einstein: Amanda Einstein's son.
- Amanda Einstein
- Soong
- Marshal Meretskov
- Claude Pennant
- Gerda Karlgren
- Vladimir Illich Lenin
- Mrs Amanda Einstein
- Yury Borisovich Popov
- Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt
- Larissa Aleksandrevna Popova
- Strängnäs
- Flen
- Krook
- Mr Mao
- Frank
- Benny Ljungberg
- Ming
- Yibin
- Kicki: Police dog used to invesitigate the disappearance of Allan Karlsson.
- Mr Prosecutor
- Fouchet
- Jiang Qing
- Allan Junior
- Mr Allan Karlsson: A sheer delight, a shame he had no family to pass his genes on to!
- Herbert Einstein: Albert Einstein's less fortunate brother, dumb as a box of hammers.
- Bengt Bylund
- Mr Ferguson
- Director Alice: Head of Allan's division at the nursing home.
- Birgit Nilsson
- Henrik Bucket Hultén
- Harry Truman
- Carl Michael Bellman
- K.A. Meretskov
- Suharto
- Glenn Miller
- Estebán
- Doktor Eklund
- Göran Aronsson
- Ronny Hulth: Bus station employee.
- Maja
- Alice Englund
- Bergqvist
- Kim Il Sung
- Buster: Gunilla Björklund's dog.
- Conny Ranelid: Prosecuter handling Allan Karlsson's case.
- Per-Gunnar Pike Gerdin
- Henning Algotsson
- Mr. President de Gaulle
- Marshal Beria
- Comrade Brezhnev
- Caracas
- Nicholas II
- Ni Wayan Laksmi
- Turandot
- Richard M. Nixon
- Michele Besso
- Albert Einstein
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Erlandsson
- Braås
- Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
- Tage Erlander
- Ronald Reagan
- John
- Hitler
- Papa Einstein
- Monsieur Pennant
- Soong Meiling
Quotes edit
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“For Benny and The Beauty, the sun was always shining whatever the weather, and if they hadn't been on the run from the law, they would probably have gotten married right away. Once you've reached a certain age, it is easier to sense when everything feels exactly right.”
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“(men, in general, are of course not in the slightest bit free of sin)”
Narrator -
“Allan immediately found himself feeling sorry for his cellmate, even though he was a cleric.”
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“22. And they all lived happily ever after”
Setting & Locations edit
- Sweden
- Vladivostok
- Moscow
- Soviet Union
- Lake Farm
- Stockholm
- China
- Bali
- Usa
- Småland
- Djibouti
- Paris
- Iran
- Tehran
- Caracas
- Indonesia
- Rottne
- Malmköping
- Byringe
- Spain
- Los Alamos
- Riga
- Eskilstuna
- North Korea
- Strängnäs
- United States
- Germany
- Bellringer
- Yxhult
- Västergötland
- Växjö
- Södermanland
- Kremlin
- France
- Braås
- America
- South Korea
- Pyongyang
- Kuomintang
- London
- Washington
- Latvia
- Gulag
- New York
- Yibin
- Leningrad
- Sichuan
- Mjölby
Organizations edit
- Never Again: crime organization founded by The Boss
First Sentence edit
You might think he could have made up his mind earlier, and been man enough to inform his surroundings of his decision.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jonas Jonasson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Swedish
Publisher: Piratförlaget
Country: Sweden
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9164202968
Page Count: 392
Publisher: Piratförlaget
Country: Sweden
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9164202968
Page Count: 392
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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