The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in Swedish: "Män som hatar kvinnor" - "Men That Hate Women") is an award-winning crime novel by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson, the first in his "Millennium Trilogy".
At his death in November 2004 he left three unpublished novels that made up the trilogy. It became a posthumous best-seller in Europe.
This novel supplies a sprawling genealogical table for keeping track of the la...
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in Swedish: "Män som hatar kvinnor" - "Men That Hate Women") is an award-winning crime novel by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson, the first in his "Millennium Trilogy".
At his death in November 2004 he left three unpublished novels that made up the trilogy. It became a posthumous best-seller in Europe.
This novel supplies a sprawling genealogical table for keeping track of the large number of characters.
An epic tale of serial murder and corporate trickery spanning several continents, the novel takes in complicated international financial fraud and the buried evil past of a wealthy Swedish industrial family. Through its main character, it also references classic forbears of the crime thriller genre while it stylistically follows and mixes aspects of the sub-genres. There are mentions of Astrid Lindgren, Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers; as well as Sue Grafton, Val McDermid, Elizabeth George, Sara...
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