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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Creator: Reg Keeland
Publisher: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard
Category: Book
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Rating:  1734 reviews
Sales Rank: 6
Media: Paperback
Pages: 600
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0307454541
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.738
EAN: 9780307454546
ASIN: 0307454541
Publication Date: June 23, 2009
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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
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 I've Read Better September 3, 2010
L. Garufi (Maryland, USA)
It was hard to get through this book in places and I pretty much guessed who the murderer was as soon as he was introduced in the book. The shining star in the whole book was Lisbeth Salander. For some reason I really cared about what happened to her. We women don't get too many female heroins we can relate to. The fact that she came from disadvantaged childhood, which also led to a less than ideal adulthood made her an even more sympathetic character. Not that I'm that well read, but most heroins in books that I've read (at least books that are fiction) usually come from at least middle class or wealthy backgrounds. I find myself cheering her on, and she is the only reason I would read the 2nd book in the Trilogy. By the way the Swedish version of the movie was a real turd, hopefully the US version will be better, but somehow I doubt it!
 I felt in love with Salander September 3, 2010
gian andrea
I loved the characters and the story. I read the saga in one single breath.
I'll miss the girl with the dragon tattoo.
Thanks Stieg
SWEDISH SLEUTHS September 3, 2010
P. King (Norfolk, England.)
A little bit slow away, but once in its stride was absolutely enthralling. All the stars of the book had really separate characters. This was a side to Sweden that I had never envisaged - ruthless activities to keep their businesses alive. I've got two more of Stieg's books to read, and look forward to an enthralling time!!
highly overrated September 2, 2010
M. Price (seattle, wa)
Although I am not really a mystery fan, if a book is well written, I am more than happy to dig in. With all the hype surrounding this series and friends who loved this book I was really hoping to enjoy this book. I thought it would be somehow different. From the very beginning I found it to be quite formulaic, very much a mystery novel. Which is fine if that's what you're in to. The title character is interesting, and parts of the book are engrossing, but on the whole I found it to be very unevenly written and really not that good. I liked the second book even less. I was really expecting more.
The next one is even better September 2, 2010
Philly Reader (Philadelphia)
The first half of the book is tough to get through and I almost gave up but my wife pushed me on promising it gets better and books two and three in the series are must reads. And so many people were raving I figured I couldn't just give up. I'm glad I kept going. There are just so many characters with difficult Swedish names to track that is what made the first half of the book tough for me....but once I got in the groove there was no looking back. The next book in the series is better...(I saved it for precious vacation / beach reading)and I look forward to number three!
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