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The Prophet and the Idiot

By: Jonas Jonasson
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

Sweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times.

Armed with this terrible knowledge, Petra meets Johan, a domesday prophet, and Agnes, a widow of 75 who has made bank living a double life on social media as a young influencer. Together, the trio race through Europe as they plan to make the most out of the time they have left, in more ways than one.

But of course, things rarely go to plan, even the end of the world…

 Action & Adventure Dark Humour Friendship Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire Fiction Funny Witty Heartfelt Feel-Good Thought-Provoking

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Jonas Jonassons books are warm, uplifting and funny and Kenny is the perfect narrator for them. Wonderful escapism

A joy to engage with

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JJ on magnificent form, weaving wild stretches of imagination with delightful characters and nuggets of wisdom.

A big smile of a story!

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If you love Jonas Jonasson you'l love this. Classic Jonas political comedy with bizarre twists and matter of fact craziness.
Perhaps it was a bit too 'classic jonason', whilst different and typically unpredictable I did carry the feeling I'd read it before, it was brilliant but didn't feel new.
I'd re-listen for fun but i would like something fresh from him.

Typical Jonasson

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Loved the characters. I read this by the pool on holiday. Lost the book at the pool and had to buy it back from the pool man for €3...

Enjoyed every minute.

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You can never go wrong with Jonas Jonassons books funny, quirky with political humour.

Main characters are loveable, story takes you through many countries meeting political figures as normal.

Amusing as usual

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