The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
Stieg Larsson
(Author)
Description
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander: "Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson's first novel" (The New York Times). - Also known as the Millennium series 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. Look for the latest book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons, coming soon!Product Details
Price
$9.99
$9.29
Publisher
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Publish Date
November 22, 2011
Pages
672
Dimensions
4.2 X 7.5 X 1.7 inches | 0.79 pounds
Language
English
Type
Mass Market Paperbound
EAN/UPC
9780307949486
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About the Author
Stieg Larsson, who lived in Sweden, was the editor in chief of the magazine Expo and a leading expert on antidemocratic right-wing extremist and Nazi organizations. He died in 2004, shortly after delivering the manuscripts for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.
Reviews
"Wildly suspenseful...an intelligent, ingeniously plotted, utterly engrossing thriller." --The Washington Post
"Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson's first novel." --The New York Times "Unique and fascinating.... It's like a blast of cold, fresh air to read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." --Chicago Tribune "A whip-smart heroine and a hunky guy who needs her help? This sexy, addictive thriller is everything you never knew you could get from a crime novel." --Glamour
"Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson's first novel." --The New York Times "Unique and fascinating.... It's like a blast of cold, fresh air to read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." --Chicago Tribune "A whip-smart heroine and a hunky guy who needs her help? This sexy, addictive thriller is everything you never knew you could get from a crime novel." --Glamour