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Author:
Stieg Larsson
By Vintage Crime / Black Lizard
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List Price: $14.95
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.738
EAN: 9780307454546
ISBN: 0307454541
Label: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard
Manufacturer: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 600
Publication Date: 2009-06-23
Publisher: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard
Release Date: 2009-06-23
Studio: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard |
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- ISBN13: 9780307454546
- Condition: New
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Product Description
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.
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
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Heavily Explicit Material, 2010-09-03
I think people should know that this book contains Explicit Material in it's story content. It is about a Serial Rapist.
There are a lot of graphic and grusome details of the sex crimes that are made upon women. If you are aware of this then fine, but I think the author and publisher's made a mistake by not mentioning this to the public in it's reviews or cover.
Great series, 2010-09-03
I read all 3 of these Stieg Larsson "Milennium" books in about 2 weeks on vacation & highly recommend them. Not only are they well written mysteries involving unusal characters, they are windows into contemporary Sweden - a place which, frankly, I'd never thought alot about. You save the cost of an airline ticket and get to see Stockholm a little like you would if you stayed with friends who live there. (This aspect is really enhanced by seeing the movie - produced in Sweden by Swedes.)
I've recommended the book to others & the most common response has been that Dragon Tattoo is so long and full of alot of snoozy non-action and side plots and relationships. I am mostly writing this to tell any new reader to hang in - it picks up and all 3 books together are one fascinating saga. If you are hooked by Lisbeth & Mikael, you'll be glad you stayed with all 3!
Steig Larsson book #1, 2010-09-03
Another excellent book which I highly reccommend. Only one more in this series. I understand all three manuscripts were offered at the same time and the author died shortly after.
mind numbingly slow and boring, 2010-09-04
I'm sorry, for some reason everyone is going ga-ga over this book?!?! I found it mind numbingly boring and a bit creepy as far as the relationship btwn the detective and the girl with the dragon tats. (I'm sorry, it's been a while since I read it, but this is how I recall it. Sometimes the overall feeling after a bit of time has passed is the best review of all.) I was forcing myself through it, and will NOT read the rest in the series. Maybe some major artistic license and rewriting will revive the story for the cinema... I would hopw so!
The best of the three, 2010-09-03
Great series. Highly recommended. If/when you see the movies...make sure you read the books first, b/c they don't develop Lisbeth's character fully in the films. The first two movies were very good.
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