The Underwear Robot

By Arndís Þórarinsdóttir

Underwear remains central at the small community of Boxerville.

Gutti is still running things at the Rump, the community center located in the old underwear factory, but his friend Ólina has become the town’s star athlete and can think of nothing but her track team’s upcoming sports event in Abu Dhabi. This is why Gutti alone must deal with the malfunctioning Frillybottom 3000 robot – aka Mr. Bottom – just as a royal visitor is expected in Boxerville!

The Underwear Robot is a stand-alone follow up to The Underwear Factory and The Underwear Spies, which was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize in 2019. This hilarious series of books is fun both for kids and adults!

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About the author

Arndís Þórarinsdóttir (b. 1982) is an award-winning Icelandic writer and translator. Before becoming a full-time writer, Arndís worked as a journalist and critic and was the head of department at the library in Kópavogur. She has an undergraduate degree in Comparative Literature and a postgraduate degree in Creative Writing from the University of Iceland, and earned another postgraduate degree in Writing for Performance from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Arndís has also written short novels for an educational institution, published articles and stories in newspapers and magazines, worked on translations and performed various social activities related to literature.Arndís lives in Reykjavík with her husband and two children.