The Girl Who Played With Fire (a Dragon Tattoo story) - Hardcover

Larsson, Stieg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847245560 ISBN 13: 9781847245564

Publisher: MacLehose Press, 2009

Synopsis

Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her anywhere. Meanwhile, Mikael Blomkvist, editor-in-chief of Millennium, will not believe what he hears on the news. Knowing Salander to be fierce when fearful, he is desperate to get to her before she is cornered and alone. As he fits the pieces of the puzzle together, he comes up against some hardened criminals, including the chainsaw-wielding 'blond giant' - a fearsomely huge thug who can feel no pain. Digging deeper, Blomkvist also unearths some heart-wrenching facts about Salander's past life. Committed to psychiatric care aged 12, declared legally incompetent at 18, this is a messed-up young woman who is the product of an unjust and corrupt system. Yet Lisbeth is more avenging angel than helpless victim - descending on those that have hurt her with a righteous anger terrifying in its intensity and truly wonderful in its outcome.

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

Millennium Magazine.
Special Report: Mikael Blomkvist investigates. The Millennium publisher has launched the most explosive and far-reaching exposé of the multi-billion kronor sex-trafficking industry in Sweden, and its international links.
Double killing in Stockholm apartment: Two found dead. Suspected murder weapon recovered close to the scene. Police are baffled by apparently professional killing in residential neighbourhood.
Lisbeth Salander sought by every police force in Sweden: The chief suspect in three killings, former security analyst Salander eludes nationwide search. Inspector Bublanksi leads the Stockholm team.
The sequel to the bestselling The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
"In spite of its dark unearthings Stieg Larsson has written a feat of a book, with central characters you will not forget" Michael Ondaatje.
Crusading author and liberal journalist Stieg Larsson died after delivering to his Swedish publisher the novels that are the Millennium Trilogy. Tragically, he did not live to enjoy the phenomenon that his work has become.

From the Inside Flap

Lisbeth Salander, computer genius and woman of independent means, has learned to use every weapon in the book to achieve her ends. She does not forget and she does not forgive, and wherever she finds corruption or abuse - most especially of women - she is relentless.
She decides to wage war on the elusive figures of the sex-trafficking industry, using her prodigious skills as a hacker to further an investigation launched by her one-time friend Mikael Blomkvist, the publisher of Millennium magazine. But hardly has she emerged from her hidden apartment than she is embroiled in a double murder, and sought by the police for a third. Not only does evidence point to her being mentally deranged, but her prints are on the murder weapon.
The only way Salander can be reached is by computer. But she in turn can break into almost any network she chooses. For cunning, for resolve, for ruthlessness she cannot be matched. But now, hunted not only by Inspector Bublanski's team but also by every force in Sweden, she is beyond the reach of any protection. She is also the prey of terrifyingly violent men, who will stop at nothing to protect their criminal schemes. Salander must unearth and expose the truth before her pursuers find her.
The Girl Who Played with Fire is the second volume of Stieg Larsson's magnificent Millennium Trilogy.

Edition details

• Publisher: MacLehose Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847245560
• ISBN 13: 9781847245564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 569