The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden: A Novel - Softcover

Jonasson, Jonas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1443454516 ISBN 13: 9781443454513

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

From the author of the five-million-copy bestseller The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared comes the charming, original story of one young woman’s unlikely adventure, praised as “a comic delight” (Daily Express).

Quirky, humorous and utterly unique, Jonas Jonasson delights readers once again with The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden.

On June 14, 2007, the king and the prime minister of Sweden went missing from a gala banquet at the royal castle. Later it was said that both had fallen ill, but the truth is different . . . and oddly entwined with a potato truck and a young former latrine cleaner who will be charged with saving their lives.

Nombeko Mayeki was fated to grow up fast and die young in poverty, but through a combination of cunning, intelligence and sheer determination makes her way up from the latrines and out of her native Soweto with a pocket full of smuggled diamonds, only to be taken prisoner by an incompetent engineer working on South Africa’s secret nuclear arsenal.

The madcap adventure ramps up as the unstoppable Nombeko escapes to Sweden and finds herself not only on the run from both the South African justice system and the most terrifying secret service in the world, but mixed up with twin brothers who are officially only one person—and have a plan to kidnap the Swedish king and prime minister. It is now up to our unlikely heroine to save the day.

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden features cameos by real-life figures such as President Jimmy Carter and Nelson Mandela, and is told in the satirical voice that has earned Jonas Jonasson legions of fans the world over.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

By the author of the 6-million-copy-selling 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

A young girl with only her wits to live by

Nombeko Mayeki was fated to grow up fast and die young in her native Soweto. But through a combi nation of cunning, intelligence, and sheer determination, Nombeko makes her way up and out of the slums with a pocket full of smuggled diamonds.

Unusual Swedish twins on an absurd mission

On the run, Nombeko escapes to Sweden and finds herself hopelessly entwined with twin brothers who are determined to bring down the monarchy by any means necessary.

The fate of the world rests with an unlikely heroine

Insert one kidnapping plot, one Swedish king, one prime minister, one potato truck, and one atomic bomb on the loose, and the unstoppable Nombeko has her hands full trying to save the day—and possibly the world.

About the Author:

Jonas Jonasson was a journalist for the Expressen newspaper for many years. He became a media consultant and later set up a company producing sports and events for Swedish television, before selling his company and moving abroad to work on his first novel. He is the author of The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, and Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All. He lives on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1443454516
• ISBN 13: 9781443454513
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 512