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Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd.

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Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. by Jonas Jonasson follows the misadventures of Victor Alderheim, who has wronged both his ex-wife Jenny and son Kevin. After abandoning Kevin in the Kenyan savanna, Kevin is unexpectedly rescued and adopted by a Maasai medicine man, facing humorous and daunting tribal rites before fleeing back to Stockholm. There, Kevin reunites with Jenny, and together they conspire to exact a crafty revenge on Victor, involving an eccentric scheme with Victor's cellar, a goat, forged paintings, and more.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy quirky, humorous general fiction with unexpected twists and a mischievous spirit, especially fans of Jonas Jonasser's previous works.

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The brand-new adventure from the beloved author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.

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The brand-new adventure from the beloved author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.

Victor Alderheim has a lot to answer for. Not only has he heartlessly tricked his young ex-wife, Jenny, out of her art gallery inheritance, but he has also abandoned his son, Kevin, to die in the middle of the Kenyan savanna.

It doesn’t occur to Victor that Kevin might be rescued and adopted by a Maasai medicine man, or that he might be expected to undergo the rituals expected of all new Maasai warriors – which have him running back to Stockholm as fast as you can say circumcision without anaesthetic.

Back in Stockholm, Kevin’s path crosses with Jenny’s – and they have an awful lot to talk about, not least a shared desire to get even with Victor. So it’s convenient when they run into a man selling revenge services, who has an ingenious idea involving Victor’s cellar, a goat, some forged paintings, four large boxes of sex toys, and a kilo of flour …

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008407582

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperVia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Jonas Jonasson was a journalist for the Expressen newspaper for many years. He became a media consultant and later on set up a company producing sports and events for Swedish television. He sold his company and moved abroad to work on his first novel. Jonasson now lives on the Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea.

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