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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by: Stieg Larsson

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.738
EAN: 9780307269751
ISBN: 0307269752
Label: Knopf
Manufacturer: Knopf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: September 16, 2008
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Sales Rank: 79
Studio: Knopf



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A sensation across Europe—millions of copies sold

A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue.

It’s about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden . . . and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder.

It’s about Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently at the wrong end of a libel case, hired to get to the bottom of Harriet’s disappearance . . . and about Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old pierced and tattooed genius hacker possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age—and a terrifying capacity for ruthlessness to go with it—who assists Blomkvist with the investigation. This unlikely team discovers a vein of nearly unfathomable iniquity running through the Vanger family, astonishing corruption in the highest echelons of Swedish industrialism—and an unexpected connection between themselves.

It’s a contagiously exciting, stunningly intelligent novel about society at its most hidden, and about the intimate lives of a brilliantly realized cast of characters, all of them forced to face the darker aspects of their world and of their own lives.



Amazon.com Review:
Amazon Best of the Month, September 2008: Once you start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, there's no turning back. This debut thriller--the first in a trilogy from the late Stieg Larsson--is a serious page-turner rivaling the best of Charlie Huston and Michael Connelly. Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected (and unsettling) offer to resurrect his name is extended by an old-school titan of Swedish industry. The catch--and there's always a catch--is that Blomkvist must first spend a year researching a mysterious disappearance that has remained unsolved for nearly four decades. With few other options, he accepts and enlists the help of investigator Lisbeth Salander, a misunderstood genius with a cache of authority issues. Little is as it seems in Larsson's novel, but there is at least one constant: you really don't want to mess with the girl with the dragon tattoo. --Dave Callanan





Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Well worth the time
I consider my time to be precious. Any book I feel worth my time is a good one. Larsson's book ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I would give it six stars if it were allowed!
This is probably the best book I have read since The Devil in the White City. I couldn't put it down ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Exciting mystery by a Swedish Author
I had never heard of this novel when I received it, although it has been a bestseller all over Europe. ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - The middle was middlingly exciting
The middle chunk of this book is a moderately interesting murder mystery thriller. I feel like I've read ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great thriller and much more... in a time of financial crooks
As other reviews mentioned, this book catchs you and it does not let you breath until you reach the end. Fortunately, ... Read More

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