The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)

by Jonas Jonasson

Revenge is not a good thing, Allan warned him. Revenge is like politics: one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.

Never try to outdrink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian.

People could do what they wanted, but Allan considered that in general it was quite unnecessary to be grumpy if you had the chance not to.

had anyway intended having a good square meal this evening, because whatever you say about French food, it soon disappears from your plate without your actually having eaten much.