Espen Askeladd and the King of the South

Once upon a time... hey, wait a sec. It wasn’t all that long ago, actually. For two weeks ago last Thursday, Espen Askeladd stood in front of his tiresome brothers and said: ‘The longest holiday I’ve ever had lasted ten minutes and it rained. So now I’m off to the South to get myself a tan.’

And off he sets, with his three best friends. Together they try to find the King of the South, and take on the mysterious Tormod Roll!

This marks the start of a completely new, whacky and wonderfully absurd series from Arne Svingen for young kids at primary school: ‘Svingen’s Mad World’ – a parallel humorous series to the already well-established thriller series ‘Svingen’s Dark World’.

The books deal with everything that is crazy and funny: stupid teachers, impossible bikes, insane trips to the south – and scallywags in general.