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AUTHOR: Steig Larsson
PUBLISHER: Knopf
LANGUAGE: English
DATE: 2008
PAGES: 465
ISBN: 9780307454546
AWARDS: Mystery Novel (2009), Anthony Award for Best First Novel (2009), Glass Key Award (2006), CWA International Dagger Nominee (2008), Galaxy British Book Awards for Crime Thriller of the Year (2009), Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (2008), Strand Critics Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2008)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Millennium, Book #1
by Steig Larsson
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.
INCLUSION CRITERIA
A main character, Lisbeth, is attracted to people of multiple genders. This is also the case in the 2009 movie adaptation.
TROPES
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