Lars Mytting

Horsepower

Erik Fysken’s 1960’s mobile Petrol station, the last of its kind, is pretty much beyond its use-by-date – its design, its layout, even its stock range – everything is outdated, except for one thing – his knowledge of cars and their maintenance.
Erik's life among the old V8-engines might have continued forever. But a new road building scheme forces him, the owner of the old petrol station, out of his pit and into a solitary battle with the forces of urban modernization, with the ghosts from his past, and not least with his old rival, none other than the chairman of the Gun Club. But Erik is not going to give up without a fight...

Offering a strong and peculiar Nordic flavour, this novel is unique in its literary use of cars, which makes the characters and metaphors instantly recognizable for readers everywhere.