![]() ![]() Even though Jonasson gives us a happy ending with all the loose strings tied up, even that was too far-fetched. There are way too many of these improbable, tall tales that became silly, then boring, and finally repetitious. ![]() ![]() For example, one falls out of a plane, lands in a haystack, misses the pitchfork in the haystack, and survives to tell the tale. Unfortunately, some of them are just too stupid to be believable and turn into comic book characters performing in a slapstick comedy of errors. We also get a lot of background on major and minor characters, most of which is quite humorous. There was plenty of political and social commentary on the state of the world, details about the folly of politicians and bureaucrats, and information on South African policy and Swedish heads of state, too much in all. The characters were interesting and the plot was intriguing – a poor South African girl who’s a math genius escapes from enforced servitude to prevent the assassination of the King of Sweden. ![]()
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