The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared by Jonas JonassonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Although it dragged slightly about 2/3rds of the way through and then felt like it wrapped up too quickly, I really enjoyed this - it's full of charm and such a warm and easy book to read.
The story is told both in the present and through the titular 100 year old man's eventful life - he's essentially a Forrest Gump like figure (albeit in far more important events), bumbling between several pivotal 20th world events all seemingly by accident. He's a very likeable character - no politics, no agenda, no grudges; he just wants to drink some decent Swedish vodka.
The book is also lightly inspiring too, indicating how much more exciting life can be "climbing out of the window" and Allan has several appropriate bon mots due to his rather carefree worldview - I found this particular thought on Einstein's half-brother rather appropriate for some people I know:
"Allan had nothing against working for two. But he soon introduced a rule; Herbert wasn’t allowed to complain about how miserable his life was. Allan had already understood that to be the case, and there was nothing wrong with his memory. To keep on saying the same thing over and over again thus served no purpose."
20p on the Kindle store, buy it and read it.
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