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Mar 15, 2020
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This farcical novel opens on Allan Karlsson 100th birthday. The free-spirited centenarian, recently admitted to a nursing home, is already tiring of his regimented days and rules against alcohol and tobacco and decided to leave. Slipping out of a window, he heads for the bus station to buy a ticket to wherever his money will take him. While awaiting his bus, a man asks him to watch his suitcase while he relieves himself. The bus arrives and fearing that he will miss it before the man comes from
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I didn't find it funny. It mostly had jokes based on stereotypes. The voice actor was excellent but the adorability of the centenarian didn't last.
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Very entertaining and a fun romp through 100 years of (reimagined) history and politics, but a little on the too long side.
Mar 11, 2014
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