Jonas Jonasson

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden


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      First published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2014

      First published in the United States by Ecco in 2014

      Originally published in Sweden as Analfabeten som kunde räkna by Piratforlaget in 2013

      Copyright © Jonas Jonasson 2014

      Jonas Jonasson asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      ‘Tonight I Can Write’, from Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda, translated by W. S. Merwin, translation copyright © 1969 by W. S. Merwin; used by permission of Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Random House. Pooh’s Little Instruction Book inspired by A. A. Milne © 1995 the Trustees of the Pooh Properties, original text and compilation of illustrations; used by permission of Egmont UK Ltd, and by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd. How to Cure a Fanatic by Amos Oz; used by permission of Vintage, a division of Random House.

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      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      Cover by Jonathan Pelham

      Source ISBN: 9780007557905

      Ebook Edition © April 2014 ISBN: 9780007557882

      Version: 2019-03-04

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Epigraph

       PART ONE

       Chapter 1: On a girl in a shack and the man who posthumously helped her escape it

       Chapter 2: On how everything went topsy-turvy in another part of the world

       Chapter 3: On a strict sentence, a misunderstood country and three multifaceted girls from China

       Chapter 4: On a Good Samaritan, a bicycle thief and a wife who smoked more and more

       PART TWO

       Chapter 5: On an anonymous letter, peace on earth and a hungry scorpion

       Chapter 6: On Holger and Holger and a broken heart

       Chapter 7: On a bomb that didn’t exist and an engineer who soon didn’t, either

       Chapter 8: On a match that ended in a draw and an entrepreneur who didn’t get to live his life

       PART THREE

       Chapter 9: On a meeting, a mix-up and an unexpected reappearance

       Chapter 10: On an unbribable prime minister and a desire to kidnap one’s king

       Chapter 11: On how everything temporarily worked out for the best

       Chapter 12: On the love of an atomic bomb and differential pricing

       Chapter 13: On a happy reunion and the man who became his name

       PART FOUR

       Chapter 14: On an unwelcome visitor and a sudden death

       Chapter 15: On the murder of a dead man and on two frugal people

       Chapter 16: On a surprised agent and a potato-farming countess

       PART FIVE

       Chapter 17: On the dangers of having an exact copy of oneself

       Chapter 18: On a temporarily successful newspaper and a prime minister who suddenly wanted a meeting

       Chapter 19: On a gala banquet at the palace and contact with the other side

       PART SIX

       Chapter 20: On what kings do and do not do

       Chapter 21: On a lost composure and a twin who shoots his brother