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？……
It all starts on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, he is waiting for the party he-never-wanted-anyway to begin. The mayor is going to be there. The press is going to be there. But, as it turns out, Allan is not...Slowly but surely Allan climbs out of his bedroom window, into the flowerbed (in his slippers) and makes his getaway. And so begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police. As his escapades unfold, we learn something of Allan's earlier life in which - remarkably - he helped to make the atom bomb, became friends with American presidents, Russian tyrants, and Chinese leaders, and was a participant behind the scenes in many key events of the twentieth century. Already a huge bestseller across Europe, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared is a fun, feel-good book for all ages.
★本書中譯版《百歲老人蹺家去》由皇冠出版。
作者簡介
喬拿斯．喬納森 Jonas Jonasson
一九六一年生於瑞典，他最喜歡的一本書是米蘭．昆德拉的《生命中不能承受之輕》，喜歡到「一讀完，就立刻再讀一遍。」
他曾擔任新聞記者、媒體顧問和電視製片，某天，他毅然結束了瑞典的事業，遷居到瑞士的盧加諾湖，在這個風景如畫的地方展開了新生活。喬納森也在此處完成了他的第一部小說《百歲老人蹺家去》，高潮迭起的故事情節和幽默風趣的敘事口吻，引起全球出版界的熱烈迴響，售出三十餘國版權，並即將搬上大銀幕。關於此書所造成的轟動，喬納森覺得：「那並不真實……感覺飄飄然的。」
目前喬納森已經搬回瑞典，與親愛的兒子和他所飼養的母雞過著快樂的農村生活，並著手創作他的第二本書。
Jonas Jonasson is a former journalist and media consultant. He lives in Sweden.
