The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

日子這麼悶，任性一下不行嗎？
振作吧！穿著拖鞋也要奔跑！
覺醒吧！就算死在半路也要出發！

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人生啊人生，想這麼多幹嘛？
反正事情是怎樣就會怎樣，該怎樣就會怎樣！

亞倫受夠了！那個名叫愛莉絲的恐怖生物不准他喝酒，每天只有千篇一律毫無滋味的伙食，加上幾個小時後，他本人的百歲慶生會就要盛大舉行，光是想到那幅光景，他冒著死在半路上的風險也要離開這裡！

亞倫失蹤的消息立刻鬧得沸沸揚揚，所有人都想找回這個已經活了一百年的國寶。不過眾人有所不知，亞倫根本不是一個普通的糟老頭。回首這一百年，亞倫憑著自己的爆破奇才和好酒量，不論是蛇蠍美人宋美齡，還是心胸狹窄的毛澤東，對他都要敬畏三分。除此之外，他還成功阻止了暗殺邱吉爾的計畫，並間接激怒史達林，讓他心臟病發。就連那個不相信任何人、陰沉到極點的金正日，當年也曾坐在亞倫大腿上哭哭啼啼。

一百年的時光咻一下就過去，現在亞倫覺得該是時候幹一票更大的了！啊，外面的世界果然比想像還要美好，他先偷了一個神秘皮箱，更沿路招攬了全村公敵、博學馬尾男、愛飆髒話的大美人以及跟亞倫極為投緣的可愛大象等一票身懷絕技的夥伴。

然而與此同時，卻發生了一連串活人和屍體不翼而飛、平空消失的詭異事件，搞得全城人心惶惶，難道這一切都是亞倫幹的好事嗎？……

The international publishing sensation—over two million copies sold.

A reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert with a fondness for vodka) decides it’s not too late to start over …

After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he’s still in good health, and in one day, he turns 100. A big celebration is in the works, but Allan really isn’t interested (and he’d like a bit more control over his vodka consumption). So he decides to escape. He climbs out the window in his slippers and embarks on a hilarious and entirely unexpected journey, involving, among other surprises, a suitcase stuffed with cash, some unpleasant criminals, a friendly hot-dog stand operator, and an elephant (not to mention a death by elephant).

It would be the adventure of a lifetime for anyone else, but Allan has a larger-than-life backstory: Not only has he witnessed some of the most important events of the twentieth century, but he has actually played a key role in them. Starting out in munitions as a boy, he somehow finds himself involved in many of the key explosions of the twentieth century and travels the world, sharing meals and more with everyone from Stalin, Churchill, and Truman to Mao, Franco, and de Gaulle. Quirky and utterly unique, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared has charmed readers across the world.