“Beer wasn't so bad; it mostly made him happy. Or semi-happy. Or, at least, not crazy.” — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Allan looked at the bus and then at the suitcase, then again at the bus and then again at the suitcase. It… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“If there's anything I can do...' is the type of thing every person in the service industry likes to say but doesn't… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“I'm not sure that my existence will be made any brighter by hearing about others who live in darkness. But I suppose… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Bucket had started his criminal career in Braas, not far from when Allan and his new friends now found themselves. There he… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“I suppose I've been better. Or maybe not, come to think of it. I suppose you could say my life is relatively… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“The weekly show View on Africa was what first gave her the insight that there was a world outside Soweto. It wasn’t necessarily more… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“And there Allan could see an opening. In a prison camp you couldn't just hang around, because if you did then the guards would… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“It was tough to think in new ways and equally tough to remember the old.” — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Revenge is like politics, one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.” — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Allan lurte på hva den lille mannen gjorde i luken hvis han ikke solgte billetter, men sa ingenting. Den lille mannen satt jo kanskje… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Allan woke up and wondered whether it wouldn't soon be time to go to bed.” — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Stařík chtěl vodku s kolou. Při slavnostnějších příležitostech si místo toho dokázal představit vodku s vodkou.” — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“The hundred-year-old man had never let himself be irritated by people, even when there was a good reason to be, and he was not… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“In the end, they could think of no better solution than to put a bullet between his eyes, so they could go about their… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“The engineer’s head was spinning. So he was supposed to receive a guest the president didn’t want to meet. He would tell the guest… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
