The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden is of course by the same author who wrote The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. The Girl.. is a stand alone story and has the same humour, sprawling storyline and scope as its predecessor.
The girl who saves the king of Sweden is Nombeko Mayeki. She is born in Soweto and after a string of haphazard coincidences and incidents of bad luck she ends up in Sweden with a twin who doesn't exist and a series of crazy hangers-on and sidekicks... saying anything else will spoil the surprises along the way.
It is a thoroughly enjoyable book, you get a good yarn and a crash course in international relationships at the same time. Obviously most of the politics is fictional, but there is the odd well placed dig and sarcastic remark which crosses with reality. Highly recommended (as long as you liked the Hundred Year Old Man..) and definitely a good holiday or light relief novel.
