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Publication year: 2021
272 pages
2. edition
Norwegian

Horsepower

Horsepower entered the bestseller lists in its second week of sales, and the first edition of 3500 copies was sold out after three weeks. The novel has been translated into Swedish, Finnish, Danish, and German.

Erik Fyksen, the owner of Norway’s last Mobilstasjon gas station, needs to mobilize his life and leave the service pit behind. Plans for realignment of the road and modernization of the gas station lead Fyksen into a lonely battle against both urban forces and ghosts from his own past. And not least, he wages a battle against his old rival, the shooting club chairman Harald Jøtul.

«Lars Mytting demonstrates perfect pitch in the way he describes rural life. Like in great country music, you know exactly when the steel guitar solo hits, and it works its magic every time.»

Levi Henriksen

«A strong debut. […] The main theme of the book is not primarily cars, but the meaning of life, love and globalization […] extremely malicious [...] a highly enjoyable read.»

Dagens Næringsliv

«It is quite simply damn good!»

Autofil