As delightfully wry and witty as his bestselling debut, ‘The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared’, this is a tale of how one woman’s attempt to change her future ended up changing everything.

Nombeko Mayeki is on the run from the world’s most ruthless secret service – with three Chinese sisters, twins who are officially one person and an elderly potato farmer. Oh, and the fate of the King of Sweden – and the world – rests on her shoulders.

Born in a Soweto shack in 1961, Nombeko was destined for a short, hard life. When she was run over by a drunken engineer her luck changed. Alive, but blamed for the accident, she was made to work for the engineer – who happened to be in charge of a project vital to South Africa’s security. Nombeko was good at cleaning, but brilliant at understanding numbers. The drunk engineer wasn’t – and made a big mistake. And now only Nombeko knows about it …

As uproariously funny as Jonas Jonasson’s bestselling debut, this is an entrancing tale of luck, love and international relations.

This was great fun to read and had me chuckling away throughout the book. It is in a way very similar to his previous book ''The 100 year old man....'' in as much that totally extraordinary and absurd things happen to a random collection of people but it is written in such a charming and endearing way that I liked it just as much as 'The 100 year old man '' - total escapism for a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Reserved for Foreign Authors Book box

Taken out of Kinedi's Foreign Author Bookbox.

Sending in a birthday box.

Happy (belated) birthday xx

I received this book because I am participating in the 2020 UK Birthday Group. Thank you so much for making my birthday special with an awesome package, which included this wish granting book. I look forward to reading it. I look forward even more, to putting together a little something for your birthday!