STIEG LARSSON, who lived in Sweden, was the editor in chief of the magazine Expo and a leading expert on antidemocratic, right-wing extremist and Nazi organizations. He died in 2004, shortly after delivering the manuscripts for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.
“[A] gripping, stay-up-all-night read.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Boasts an intricate, puzzle-like story line ... even as it
accelerates toward its startling and violent conclusion.” —Michiko
Kakutani, The New York Times
“Gripping stuff.... A nail-biting tale of murder and cover-ups.”
—People
“You might as well give up on the idea of sleep till you’ve
finished the book.” —Dallas Morning News
“Buzzes with ideas [and] fizzes with fury.” —Los Angeles Times
“[A] dynamite thriller.” —Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
“Lisbeth Salander [is] one of the most startling, engaging heroines
in recent memory.” —USA Today
“Brilliant.... Grabbed me and kept me reading with eyes wide open.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“I couldn’t put down The Girl Who Played with Fire and eagerly
await book three.... You must find out what happens next.”
—Newsday
“Lisbeth Salander could be the female Jason Bourne ... It’s an
intelligent, fascinating story that draws readers in, and keeps
them turning the page.” —Associated Press
“A combustible new thriller ... Extremely well-written—Larsson’s
minimalist prose is frosted with Scandinavian cool.... Burns with
blue-flame intensity.... Larsson keeps a tight rein on the
bullet-train plot.”—San Antonio Express-News
“A dynamite thriller.” —Variety
“Fantastic ... Like all the great stories of just avengers that
populate literature, this trilogy is secretly comforting, making us
think that maybe all is not lost in this imperfect and deceitful
world of ours.... Welcome to the immortality of fiction,
Lisbeth Salander!”—Mario Vargas Llosa, El País
“Enthralling.... Confirms the impression left by Dragon Tattoo.”
—Washington Post
“Will likely confirm Larsson’s position as the most successful
crime novelist in the world.” —Slate
Lisbeth Salander, the antisocial but brilliant computer hacker who helped journalist Mikael Blomkvist uncover a serial killer on a remote Swedish island in Larsson's acclaimed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, takes center stage in this second volume of his "Millenium" trilogy. Opening 18 months after the events of the first book, the novel finds our heroine lounging by the pool at a Caribbean hotel, reading a math textbook, and watching a woman who may be a victim of domestic abuse, while in Sweden, Blomkvist, bewildered by Salander's abrupt disappearance from his life, is set to publish a magazine exposé on the sex trade. Impatient readers may chafe at this seemingly irrelevant prolog, but like the mathematical puzzles Salander enjoys solving, there is a logic to the clues that Larsson carefully drops--integral to understanding his protagonist as we gradually learn her back story. The main plot takes off with the murders of Salander's legal guardian and the two writers of the article, and her fingerprints are found on the gun used in the killings. VERDICT Although the pace slows when the police investigation takes precedence and Salander briefly disappears from the action, we are well-rewarded in the exciting final section when she finally confronts her dark past. This is complex and compelling storytelling at its best, propelled by one of the most fascinating characters in recent crime fiction. Eager fans will placing library holds for the final volume, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, scheduled for a 2010 U. S. publication. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 4/1/09; see also the Q&A with Knopf editor in chief Sonny Mehta and executive director of publicity Paul Bogaards on p. 60.--Ed.]--Wilda Williams, Library Journal Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
"[A] gripping, stay-up-all-night read." -Entertainment
Weekly
"Boasts an intricate, puzzle-like story line ... even as it
accelerates toward its startling and violent conclusion."
-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Gripping stuff.... A nail-biting tale of murder and cover-ups."
-People
"You might as well give up on the idea of sleep till you've
finished the book." -Dallas Morning News
"Buzzes with ideas [and] fizzes with fury." -Los Angeles
Times
"[A] dynamite thriller." -Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
"Lisbeth Salander [is] one of the most startling, engaging heroines
in recent memory." -USA Today
"Brilliant.... Grabbed me and kept me reading with eyes wide open."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"I couldn't put down The Girl Who Played with Fire and
eagerly await book three.... You must find out what happens next."
-Newsday
"Lisbeth Salander could be the female Jason Bourne ... It's an
intelligent, fascinating story that draws readers in, and keeps
them turning the page." -Associated Press
"A combustible new thriller ... Extremely well-written-Larsson's
minimalist prose is frosted with Scandinavian cool.... Burns with
blue-flame intensity.... Larsson keeps a tight rein on the
bullet-train plot."-San Antonio Express-News
"A dynamite thriller." -Variety
"Fantastic ... Like all the great stories of just avengers that
populate literature, this trilogy is secretly comforting, making us
think that maybe all is not lost in this imperfect and deceitful
world of ours.... Welcome to the immortality of fiction, Lisbeth
Salander!"-Mario Vargas Llosa, El Pais
"Enthralling.... Confirms the impression left by Dragon
Tattoo." -Washington Post
"Will likely confirm Larsson's position as the most
successful crime novelist in the world." -Slate
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