The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
This story starts out in the toilets of Soweto and propels us around the globe only to land hanging out with the King of Sweden on a potato farm. This book is a hysterical farce where everything can go is certain to go wrong. It is pure fun from start to finish.
Nombeko is a poor girl in the ghettos of South Africa who has a head for figures. Her mind is always calculating where and what to do next. And she has patience, plenty of it, to wait for her next golden opportunity.
Alternately we are in Sweden immersed in the lives of twin brothers, Holger One and Holger Two. Their father has a grand plot to destroy the King of Sweden. Part of his plan involved registering the birth of only one of his sons so the other would not exist. The flaw in that however was that Holger One was quite stupid and Holger Two, brilliantly smart.
As you can imagine, Nombeko gets involved with an atomic bomb in South Africa that also doesn't exist and lands with the bomb in tow in the Holgers back yard in Sweden. One unbelievable event leads to another and another and another.
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden is just plain fun. You never know what awaits on the next page and and no matter what you are anticipating, you will most certainly be surprised.
This story starts out in the toilets of Soweto and propels us around the globe only to land hanging out with the King of Sweden on a potato farm. This book is a hysterical farce where everything can go is certain to go wrong. It is pure fun from start to finish.
Nombeko is a poor girl in the ghettos of South Africa who has a head for figures. Her mind is always calculating where and what to do next. And she has patience, plenty of it, to wait for her next golden opportunity.
Alternately we are in Sweden immersed in the lives of twin brothers, Holger One and Holger Two. Their father has a grand plot to destroy the King of Sweden. Part of his plan involved registering the birth of only one of his sons so the other would not exist. The flaw in that however was that Holger One was quite stupid and Holger Two, brilliantly smart.
As you can imagine, Nombeko gets involved with an atomic bomb in South Africa that also doesn't exist and lands with the bomb in tow in the Holgers back yard in Sweden. One unbelievable event leads to another and another and another.
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden is just plain fun. You never know what awaits on the next page and and no matter what you are anticipating, you will most certainly be surprised.
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