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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Creator: Reg Keeland
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 608
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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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Product Description
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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 Can't believe why I suffered through this book July 30, 2010
R. Bush
Well, let me say this is THE very first time I have every submitted a review of a book. So why am I doing this? Why I am I taking a few moments out of my precious lifetime to do this? Because I thought it was such a dismal, boring, sophomoric book and I can't begin to understand why the world thinks it's so great! I had to start over from the beginning of the book four times to be able to gather enough energy to finish it. I was determined to read the whole dull thing because of all the attention it has received. I wasted my time.
My advice - skip this one.
 Clearly deserving of the title "bestseller". July 29, 2010
Meg Mitchell (Washington, DC)
I picked this fine piece of literature up on a whim after noticing that my local library had over six hundred hold requests for it. Though my initial interest was sparked by little more than wanting to know what all the fuss was about, I can safely say now that I'm glad that small amount of interest was all that it took for me to make this purchase.
Larsson immerses the reader in the lives of Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist, and Lisbeth Salander, an investigator in her own right. In the wake of a libel-related scandal, Blomkvist accepts an offer from industrialist Henrik Vanger to escape the busy streets of Stockholm and investigate the disappearance of Vanger's niece, Harriet, who has been missing for several decades. Blomkvist isolates himself in the fictional town of Hedestad and begins his investigation.
Meanwhile, Lisbeth Salander, the book's namesake, has her own struggles to deal with. Originally tasked with performing a routine background investigation on Blomkvist, Salander finds herself increasingly interested in his new course of action in Hedestad. The two eventually come face to face after Blomkvist realizes his need for a research assistant and seeks her out. By the end of this harrowing tale, this pair of talented investigators have not only uncovered the reasons behind Harriet's disappearance, but have also struck back at the libel suit Blomkvist had been plagued by.
The story is fresh, the characters are interesting, and the entire book is a page-turner. A must-read for mystery fans, and highly recommended for anyone who simply enjoys good fiction. While the book itself isn't too long (running around 600 pages), it is a longer read. One of the most interesting parts of this story, and undoubtedly one of the most time-consuming tasks central to understanding the text, is connecting it's various themes (corruption, misogyny, etc.) to the lives of the central group of characters. All in all, this book is well worth the money you'll spend buying it, the time you'll spend reading it, and all the hype it has generated.
allright after start July 29, 2010
Hector Yep (West Sussex, UK)
my first mystery/crime book (i have never been a fan) but i must say, even though the start is a bit weak, it does get better after a while...wouldn't be my last crime i read
Slow July 29, 2010
MELISSA MYERS
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've read a lot of books and this is the first review I have written. I am having a hard time getting through this and may not even finish it. Why are people raving about this? I just don't get it. It isn't the waste of money, it is more the waste of my time trying to read it. I don't want to miss out on a great book, am I missing something?
Amazing and gripping July 29, 2010
Barbara G. Conley (San Antonio TX)
It has been a long time since I have read a book I couldn't lay down.....when I HAD to do something else, I could hear my Kindle calling me to get back to see what was going to happen next! Lisbeth, with all her virtues and faults, is an unusual heroine for the times, and I found her intriguing, intelligent, thoughtful and courageous. Have been telling everyone I know about this book (and the others in the series). My only regret is that this author died and we are unable to get more books in the genre he established.
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