The beloved author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the
Window and Disappeared returns with an enchanting adventure that
skewers the greed and hypocrisy that dominates our time and holds
lessons about what's truly important in life.
Meet Ole Mbatian Jr., a Maasai warrior; Kevin, his sort-of-son; Jenny, a
wronged and penniless ex-wife; and Hugo, an unscrupulous Stockholm
ad-man whose company specializes in revenge services.
As Jenny and Kevin seek revenge against the gallery owner who has
wronged them, this madcap, funny and philosophical novel takes off on a
madcap journey that spans five continents and whirls around a colorful
cast of characters, including a goat called Molly and the Pope.
As he's done in his previous novels, Jonas Jonasson acts as a travel
guide through time, drops in a few lessons on colonialism and art
history, and pokes fun at capitalism and the artworld, with plenty of
laughs along the way.
Translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles