If you have read his debut, The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared then you will know the delightful, wacky style of this fellow. Newcomers will get caught up in the easy, conversational flow which really is the most enormous fun. Here our central character is a black girl from the slums of Soweto with a flair for numbers. She starts her young working life as a latrine emptier, educates herself through a fluke set of circumstances and becomes as ‘assistant’ in a very secret operation that makes nuclear bombs. How she ends up saving King Gustaf V is one of those mad coincidences of life that never really happen but make such excellent reading. Jonasson is ace at creating odd-ball characters and we certainly meet our fair share of them here. As mischievous as the first, spotted with actual people and real events, it is pure escapist, feel-good fun.
SUNDAY TIMES NO 1 FICTION BESTSELLERFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEAREDJust because the world ignores you, doesn't mean you can't save it . . . Nombeko Mayeki was never meant to be a hero. Born in a Soweto shack, she seemed destined for a short, hard life. But now she is on the run from the world 's most ruthless secret service, with three Chinese sisters, twins who are officially one person and an elderly potato farmer. Oh, and the fate of the King of Sweden - and the world - rests on her shoulders.As uproariously funny as Jonas Jonasson's bestselling debut, this is an entrancing tale of luck, love and international relations.'A comic delight of love, luck and mathematics' Daily Express'It's "feel-good" set to stun level' Guardian'As unlikely and funny as The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared'Observer.
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