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But very few books make me actually laugh out loud. Jonas jonasson author of the hundredyearold man who. The 100yearold man set off in his peeslippers so called because men of an advanced age rarely pee further than their shoes, first through a park and then alongside an open field where a market was occasionally was held in the otherwise quiet provincial town. Jul 12, 2012 the hundred year old man by jonas jonasson, 97818439726, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. If you had to describe the 100yearold man who climbed out a window and disappeared in a single word, what would it be. The hundredyearold man who climbed out of the window and. The one hundredyearold man who climbed out the window.
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