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The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man

By: Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles - translator
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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The sequel to Jonas Jonasson’s international best seller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.

It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harbouring a suitcase full of contraband uranium on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un....

Soon Allan and Julius are at the centre of a complex diplomatic crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very complicated....
©2018 Jonas Jonasson and Rachel Willson-Broyles (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Action & Adventure Literary Fiction Political Dark Humour
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Critic Reviews

Praise for The Hundred-Year-Old Man: "A mordantly funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing disgracefully." (Sunday Times)

"Imaginative, laugh-out-loud...a brilliant satire on the foibles of mankind." (Daily Telegraph)

 "Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny." (Guardian)

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Good, but not as good

I really enjoy the antics in this book but a feel like the original had more excitement. Worth a listen if you enjoyed the original!

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  • 23-07-2020

Another good yarn...

Just as much fun as the first. Not a literary masterpiece... but not meant to be. Similar, familiar tales. Would recommend.

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Hilarious and Topical

I loved the narrator. Great voices and easy to listen to. The story gave a great explanation as to why the political world is as it is. Hilarious or scary? I love the way Allan gets out of trouble and things always line up for him.

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A great book while travelling

Thoroughly enjoyed the humorous style of writing and excellent performance which I am sure the author would have been delighted.

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  • RG
  • 05-04-2022

Difficult to understand

The narrator adopts accents that are distracting and make the story difficult to understand. The story seems okay but I can't follow the plot due to the poor narration.

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Dull - couldn't finish it.

I wasn't able to get into it. It's dull, and lacks the charm of the first book.

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Should have let our old mate die. Disappointing follow up. But do like this author’s humour.

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