A madcap new novel from the one-of-a-kind author of THE HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF THE WINDOW and THE GIRL WHO SAVED THE KING OF SWEDEN.
A madcap new novel from Jonas Jonasson, author of the #1 internationally bestselling The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared and The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
A gangster, a vicar, and a receptionist walk into a bar . . .
Killer-for-hire Anders is fresh out of prison and trying to keep his head down when he meets two unlikely new business partners at a 1-star hotel: one, an atheist former Protestant vicar fired from her church, and the other the hotel’ s receptionist, the ruined grandson of an ex-millionaire. 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. The perfect plan— if it weren’ t for Hitman Anders’ s curiosity about the meaning of it all. In conversations with the vicar, he turns to Jesus and, against all odds, Jesus answers him! Anders’ s 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.
As wildly funny and unexpected as Jonasson’ s previous bestselling novels, Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All is a zany, feel-good adventure story, tenderly and hilariously exploring belief, redemption, and the fact that it’ s never too late to start again.
