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Dec 09, 2016brangwinn rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This silly and fun story is an encapsulated political history of the world beginning in before World War I. Allan, the 100-year old protagonist, decided he’s sick of the nursing home he lives in and runs away. Stealing a suitcase filled with millions of kroner, he hops on and bus and the adventure begins. The adventure includes a strange assortment of characters, including an elephant. Accidently murdering the gang from whom the suitcase was stolen is only a small chapter in Allan’s life which involves saving the wife of Mao Tse Tung and Winston Churchill as well as helping create the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. And there’s more, so much more. The funniest book I’ve read in some time leaves me still chuckling.