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Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd.
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
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....
Critic reviews
"This novel zips along." (Sunday Times )
"In the first chapters of Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd there’s enough plot for several novels.... Jonas Jonasson, best known for The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, is a wildly inventive writer, often funny, who stuffs his bonkers but entertaining story with art, politics and romance, and a tongue-incheek meditation on the philosophy of getting even. Great fun." (The Times)
"Jonas Jonasson creates hilarity out of brilliantly absurd plots, whether it is a 100-year-old man escaping through an old folk’ home window, or a South African peasant girl who saves the King of Sweden. His latest unlikely hero is Kevin who is abandoned by his callous father on the Kenyan savannah in the expectation he will be eaten by lions.... Add a crooked art dealer, a lazy Swedish policeman, an ophthalmologist whose wife ditched him for a urologist, and we are set for delicious Jonasson mayhem." (Daily Express)
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- Grumpyfrumpy
- 03-06-21
Another good read
As entertaining as ever. A very enjoyable read full of quirky characters in bizarre situations.
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- Audwina
- 16-12-23
The multiple threads that all tie together
Excellent story, the revenge was indeed sweet. Loved the characters and the seemingly random threads that all come together beautifully in the end.
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- Katerina O.
- 22-08-21
Witty, fun, intricate
Really liked this book! Mixing Maasai and marketing and art, mystery and revenge in the most fun way!
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- Becky
- 22-11-22
Love Jonas Jonasson’s books
Love all of his books - easy, witty and creative.
Fully enjoy Peter Kenny’s narration and accents.
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- Copperbird
- 22-09-22
Occasional snort laugh guaranteed
I loved "The 100 year old..." and I feel the author was under pressure to deliver a story with similarly quirky loveable characters, so it feels a tad formulaic at times.
That said, and the cliché portrayal of the African Massai warrior aside, the formula still works and I was entertained throughout.
The narrator did a fabulous job.
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- Ant Richards
- 18-09-22
Absurdly funny
I really love Jonas Jonasson's writing. This story's packed with absurd, tragicomical, humour.
Peter Kenny's delivery is immaculate too. I really enjoyed this audiobook.
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- Kay
- 01-02-24
Did not disappoint
Thoroughly enjoyed this lighthearted story. Reminded me of PG Woodhouse. looking forward to reading the next book
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- M. J. Wall
- 31-01-23
A Jonasson classic
A return to form for an author who always surprises with tying the reader in knots before unravelling the most complicated of plots at the end!
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- Blaeberrybombus
- 23-01-24
Brilliant
Clever, funny and the narration is perfect! Nothing else to add. 15 words my foot.
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- MZeid
- 13-09-21
always love a Jonas jonasson
another cracker from Jonas jonasson, can't go wrong with his books, always entertaining and a great read
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