The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780307272119
- Publisher:
- Knopf
- Date of Addition:
- 07/21/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Reg Keeland
- Adult content:
- Yes
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
Reviews
5 out of 5
By Shannon Bartch on Jan 9, 2011
This is a wonderful story! I admit it moves slow at the beginning, but I believe that is the point. The confusion and sheer data that is thrown at the reader is just exactly what the reporter is feeling too. The reader and he are in the same frame of mind. What do I need all of this for? But by chapter 18 I couldn't stop! I was in Hook Line and Sinker. I was so into the story I reacted with the adrenaline rush of the characters. The story is so well written, I could put all the scenes on the big screen in my mind. If there is a movie I hope it does my mind justice!! This is a must read!!!!