I'm not sure what I like best about this book, the senior citizens who manage to outsmart some not very bright criminals and the police, or the not quite accurate historical flashbacks of the life of the main character, Allan Karlsson. Karlsson slips away from his retirement home by crawling out of the window of his room and leaving on the afternoon of his 100th birthday celebration. What follows is a story of crime, unusual deaths, romance, estranged brothers, perplexed police, an over-ambitious prosecutor, and an elephant. That story alternates with Karlsson's life story of improbable and impossible events involving a collection of world leaders from Generalissimo Francisco Franco to Richard Nixon. With all that going on, the author manages to tie up all neatly at the end with everyone living happily ever after, including the elephant.
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