by Jonas Jonasson
This story is about a 100 year old Swede who walks away from his senior's complex on the verge of his 100th birthday party. He stumbles upon a suitcase with milliions of dollars in it and meets up with people who try to help him get away, while the thieves who owned the money try to find him. The police are also trying to find him, to save him from kidnappers, or is it to arrest him for murders??
As the story moves forward we also hear about the man's past. He has apparently been part of major world events and met/helped many famous world leaders, including General Franco, Stalin, Mao, de Gaulle, several U.S. Presidents, etc. He has helped the Americans and also worked against the Americans. He is a spy for the U.S. for the time.
The story is very much like a Forest Gump story with the man bumbling through various events, getting into trouble and then getting out. In the end the man and his friends, and the police detective who was seeking him, all end up happily in Indonesia.
This was an entertaining read, but not intellectually challenging. The author did a great job of tying various world events around this one character. It was an okay summer read.
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