As delightfully wry and witty as his bestselling debut, ?The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared?, this is a tale of how one woman?s attempt to change her future ended up changing everything.
Nombeko Mayeki is on the run from the world?s most ruthless secret service ? with three Chinese sisters, twins who are officially one person and an elderly potato farmer. Oh, and the fate of the King of Sweden ? and the world ? rests on her shoulders.
Born in a Soweto shack in 1961, Nombeko was destined for a short, hard life. When she was run over by a drunken engineer her luck changed. Alive, but blamed for the accident, she was made to work for the engineer ? who happened to be in charge of a project vital to South Africa?s security. Nombeko was good at cleaning, but brilliant at understanding numbers. The drunk engineer wasn?t ? and made a big mistake. And now only Nombeko knows about it ?
As uproariously funny as Jonas Jonasson?s bestselling debut, this is an entrancing tale of luck, love and international relations.
