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The Girl with the Dragon TattooStieg LarssonPublisher's RRP: $24.95 Sale Price: $19.99 Free shipping on orders over $45! 
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Annotation Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. Publisher Description Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. Author Biography Stieg Larsson was the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Expo. He was a leading expert on anti-democratic, right-wing extremist organisations. He died in 2004, soon after delivering the text of the novels that make up the Millennium Trilogy. |
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Customer Reviews
Michelle Tess's Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I have to confess, I wasn't thrilled at my bookclub's choice of book for May. Call me shallow, but the following things turned me off the book:
- The family tree at the beginning (I immediately thought it would be confusing)
- The fact that it was translated from Swedish (I thought the language would be laboured)
- The particular person that nominated the book (CENSORED ;) )
But a few pages in and I was gripped. You forget it is a translation and are immediately drawn into a complicated and fascinating story with more twists than a packet of Chicken Twisties.
Briefly - it is about journalist who takes a sabbatical after being successfully sued for defamation (libel). He is subsequently invited to do a top secret project for a year involving researching a 40 year old murder. Deflated and despondent - he isn't that keen - but within days he is enthralled.
And indeed - within pages so was I.
The best bit about the book is that it is apparently one of a trilogy! Is it too early to make Christmas suggestions to my friends???
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