Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All

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Among the early signs was Per describing Johanna as the strangest woman he’d ever met: a way of saying to the reader, “No, it’s not just you”. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). Once I'd accepted that Jonas Jonasson was narrating the tale as would someone versed in the oral tradition of storytelling, and I got into the rhythm of it, then the novel grew on me. One final warning should go to Christians who get upset by anyone poking gentle fun at their religion: steer well clear of this and The 100-Yr-Old-Man.

By the time they finally decide to be less selfish, their good intentions will have been lost to many readers. At the centre of it all is a love story between the priest and the receptionist but this often takes second place to Hitman Ander rebirth as a kind of modern day Robin Hood. Now he is fresh out of prison yet again, he decides to stay away from the hard stuff so he won't end up right back inside. While no author should just keep doing the same thing over and over again, to me this tale felt too far removed from Jonasson's previous style to have me falling in love with the characters. Anders’ sudden interest in religion might be good for his soul but it’s not good for business, and the vicar and the receptionist have to find a new plan, quick.

If you get the chance, even if you get a copy from the library, I do recommend The 100 Year Old Man. Together they cook up an idea for an enterprising venture involving Swedish gangsters that is set to make them all a fortune--until, all of a sudden and to everyone's surprise, Anders finds Jesus. In my defense, I got this for Christmas from my aunt who regularly gets me bestsellers thinking she can't go wrong there.

The three join forces and concoct an unusual business plan based on Hitman Anders’ skills and his fearsome reputation. This book is written in the detached ironic tone which will be familiar to readers of The 100-Yr-Old Man.And then he meets a receptionist at a 1-star hotel and a female Protestant vicar who happens to be an atheist.

Johanna Kjellander, a priest who doesn’t believe in God and only became a priest because her father and grandfather were priests. the orginal title of the book is Hitman Anders and His Friends, but I must say i like the translation title better, and i like the translation as much as i like Johansson's way of narrating everything, it is so objectively subjective, so pleasantly familiar ans surprising, so overwhelmingly simple, and so elaborately complicated. Instead of laughing out loud, my eyebrows worked overtime as I became more and more annoyed by the plot and characters. Whilst a lot of the things that I loved in Jonasson's other novels were present - quirky personalities, happy coincidences and a lot of heart - the moral compass of this tale was way off. Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson is a hilarious well written book about three extremely different characters coming together in an extraordinary scheme.It has some very funny moments and how it plays with significant events of 20th century history is great. Per Persson, the hotel receptionist, just wants to mind his own business, and preferably not get murdered. Hitman Anders isn’t reflective literary fiction, or a textbook on psychology and social problems: it's a silly comic novel with [anti-]heroes readers need more reasons to root for. While it starts well, and Jonasson’s third novel is perhaps a slight improvement on the second, the formula of zany characters in absurd situations has worn rather thin.