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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 839.738 EAN: 9780307269751 ISBN: 0307269752 Label: Knopf Manufacturer: Knopf Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: September 16, 2008 Publisher: Knopf Release Date: September 16, 2008 Studio: Knopf Sales Rank: 59 Related Items:
Editorial Review: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A crime novel that isn't just your ordinary pulp fiction.Lots of interesting characters and plot developments and twists with a roller coaster ride end that while quite satisfying also leaves the reader thirsty for more. Tragically for him and his readers the author has passed away before seeing his work published. Fortunately for us readers there are still two more books to come in this trilogy. Rating: - heartbrokenThe best book in ages. Tragedy that he is gone: blessing that there are a few more. Heart is broken over ending: must repair!!!!!!!! Rating:  - Terrific MysteryThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a terrific murder mystery/corporate intrigue thriller that keeps the reader guessing. So many novels like this start out strong, for me at least, and then, somewhere in the middle, the ending will become predictable, but not this one. Larsson had me guessing and surprised at where he took the narrative. This is an enjoyable read that will not disappoint. Enjoy! Rating:  - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"Among the best crime novels ever written" (from the back flap)? I don't think so. Somewhere in there (538 pages, import paperback) there was maybe 200 pages of good crime/mystery. Blomkvist and Salander are both engaging characters, and when they finally meet (at about page 300) the story takes off and doesn't let up until the resolution of Harriet's disappearance. BUT, weighted down with the entire Vanger family history, way too much info about Wennerstrom (whom we never meet), all those Vangers ... Read More Rating:  - A Good Read NotwithstandingI must agree with a majority of the reviews here and admit that this is a remarkable novel with a lot of drive and vigor, few paragraphs of filler, and a wild read. Larsson is an intelligent writer, and the continuous feel of his story and characters demonstrates a heightened skill level and the translation seems to be transparent, but as I cannot read the novel in its native tongue, I guess I'll never know. It is with a heavy heart that I downgrade my opinion from four stars to three: the book's shortcomings ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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