"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson

Even though many people have heard by now of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson there is still a large number out there who for one reason or another haven’t looked into it in greater detail… which is a shame considering this is one of those rare books that has everything going for it.

In any case, it tells the story of a young computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander who suffers from something along the lines of autism or Asperger’s Syndrome. While she is mostly shy and quiet, she also has a very rebellious attitude as can be seen through her abundant use of tattoos and piercings.

The other protagonist of this story is a financial journalist named Mikael Blomkvist whose career is very rapidly crumbling around him as he was sentenced to jail after libeling a shady businessman. Naturally, they do not go their own, separate ways for very long as they are both hired by an octogenarian industrialist, Henrik Vanger, to find out who killed his great-niece before his time on Earth runs out.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (book cover)
From there on, the story turns into a very complex murder mystery with a large number of characters as well as plot threads to keep up with. Rest assured that every storyline is every bit as intriguing as the last one, although it can be difficult to keep up with everything at times. 

Regardless, this novel has been countlessly praised by many reviewers around the entire world, with many even going as far as claiming it to be the best beginnings to one of the most sophisticated book trilogies of our time.


Stieg Larsson (August 15, 1954 – November 9, 2004)

Stieg Larsson
(August 15, 1954 – November 9, 2004)


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Stieg Larsson was a Swedish writer and journalist, with, somewhat sadly, his most famous work having been published posthumously, the Millennium Trilogy (also adapted into numerous major movies), better-known by its individual novels, the first one being titled The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

He has received a number of posthumous awards, including the 2006 and 2008 Glass Key Awards and the 2010 USA Today's Author of the Year.



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