The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in Swedish: Män som hatar kvinnor– literally– men who hate women) is a crime novel by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson. It is the first book of the "Millennium series" trilogy, which, when published posthumously in 2005, became a best-seller in Europe and the United States.
Larsson's regret of not helping a young girl named Lisbeth, whom he saw being raped when he was 15, manifes...
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in Swedish: Män som hatar kvinnor– literally– men who hate women) is a crime novel by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson. It is the first book of the "Millennium series" trilogy, which, when published posthumously in 2005, became a best-seller in Europe and the United States.
Larsson's regret of not helping a young girl named Lisbeth, whom he saw being raped when he was 15, manifested in his character of the same name, also a rape victim.
Larsson writes within the novel, in Chapter 12, "It's actually a fascinating case. What I believe is known as a locked room mystery, on an island. And nothing in the investigation seems to follow normal logic. Every question remains unanswered, every clue leads to a dead end."
He supplies a family tree explaining the relationships of five generations of the Vanger family.
With the exception of Hedestad, the novel takes place in real Swedish towns. The Millennium magazine featured in...
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