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Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy Bundle: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest |  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Publisher: Knopf
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Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 7.4 x 8
ISBN: 0307594777
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780307594778
ASIN: 0307594777
Publication Date: May 25, 2010
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Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy is now available in a complete hardcover set.
All across America, readers are talking about Stieg Larsson’s best-selling novels, set in Sweden and featuring Lisbeth Salander—“one of the most original and memorable heroines to surface in a recent thriller” (The New York Times). The trilogy is an international sensation that will grab you and keep you “reading with eyes wide open” (San Francisco Chronicle). “[It] is intricately plotted, lavishly detailed but written with a breakneck pace and verve” (The Independent, U.K.), but “be warned: the trilogy is seriously addictive.” (The Guardian, U.K.).
“Believe the hype . . . It’s gripping stuff.”
—People
“Stieg Larsson clearly loved his brave misfit Lisbeth. And so will you.”
—USA Today
“Larsson has bottled lightning.”
—Los Angeles Times
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families disappeared without a trace more than forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to try to discover what happened to her. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist recently sidelined by a libel conviction, to investigate. Blomkvist is aided by the pierced and tattooed computer prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption on their way to discovering the truth of Harriet Vanger’s fate.
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Mikael Blomkvist, now the crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation of the murders. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. On her own, she will plot revenge—against the man who tried to kill her, and against the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.
“Unique and fascinating . . . Like a blast of cold, fresh air.”—Chicago Tribune
“Wildly suspenseful . . . Intelligent, ingeniously plotted, utterly engrossing.”
—The Washington Post
“A gripping, stay-up-all-night read.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Dynamite.” —Variety
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 A Moral Tale? May 25, 2010
Mike Fazey (Perth, Western Australia)
44 out of 46 found this review helpful
Like millions of people worldwide, I was absolutely captivated by these three books and their strange and utterly unconventional anti-heroine, Lisbeth Salander. That Larsson manages to evoke such sympathy for her, despite her anti-social nature and penchant for violence, is quite remarkable. Of course, we might feel differently if not for the monumental injustices she has suffered at the hands of a few corrupt individuals. She is a victim who has responded to her situation by becoming an outsider.
The story is certainly an intricate one, but Larsson manages to lead us through the maze without losing us along the way. In fact, one of the joys of the books is gradually realising that there are yet more levels of complexity to get your head around.
Thrilling as the storyline is, the thing I found most interesting about it was the moral dimension. Corruption in business and in government and the abuse of women are major themes, and Larsson's position on them is crystal clear. However, both Salander herself and the crusading journalist Blomqvist also act outside the law. This gives a certain moral ambiguity to the story. In Salander's case, her illegal acts take place within her own moral code - a code that is internally consistent but at odds with what we would ordinarily consider to be acceptable. In Blomqvist's case, his acts (including turning a blind eye to Salander's computer crimes) are informed by a desire to expose corruption and to achieve justice for Salander.
So, given Salander's understandable antipathy towards the society that has treated her so appallingly, and Blomqvist's laudable social justice objectives, is their own behaviour morally acceptable? Do the ends justify the means? Are the circumstances so extreme that ordinary moral arguments don't apply? These are the questions that remained with me after I'd finished the final book, and still remain.
Ultimately, this is what makes the Millennium Trilogy something more than your average crime thriller and worth investing the time and mental energy to read.
Brilliant, hip, edgy - women portrayed in fiction will never be the same again May 30, 2010
Silicon Valley Librarian (Northern California)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy Bundle: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is the groundbreaking introduction to the atypical and edgy world of Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant 20-something computer hacker, mathematical genius, and fearless force of ethical mayhem.
Salander manifests her skills while undermining a broken-down and corrupt Swedish system which repeatedly sucker-punched both Salander and those she loved, leaving her defenseless. The take-no-prisoners avalanche of Salander's payback catapults Stieg Larsson's series into a majestic and non-linear reading experience.
Other reviewers have covered the storylines of the Salander book trio, but the characterization of Salander is what really breaks the mold of traditional IT intrigue. Think the intellectual edge of Umberto Eco Foucault's Pendulum, the dynamic sensibilities of rocker Pink I'm Not Dead (Platinum Edition), and the tech savvy of Daniel Suarez Daemon, for some sense of where this gritty and unpredictable ride will take you. The first book is tough-going in the level of Swedish political detail, but by the third book you will mourn the untimely loss of Larsson, who died of a massive heart attack in November of 2004.
In the series the intimacy-shy Salander forms a hesitant partnership with Mikael Blomkvist, an idealistic investigative journalist for Millenium, a news magazine which he co-founded. Blomkvist is sued and eventually exonerated over allegations sited in an international conspiracy article which he authored.
Larsson, coincidentally, founded a news magazine entitled Expo and had been subjected to ongoing death threats for exposing European Neo-Nazi's and white supremacists via his Scandinavian magazine. It was rumored that his death was in some way retaliation for his political reporting.
Some of these core themes are woven into the fabric of Larsson's astonishing trilogy. The Swedish movie version of the first novel The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is fairly accurate, but the book still holds the key to the visceral Salander. Don't miss it.
pleased bookworm June 18, 2010
Brenda L. Sherwood
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
my oncologist recommended the 1st two and said the 3rd was due out soon, found it easily and read the set in a weekend, sad to say there is no more as it went too quickly (I read very fast)
Incredible Trilogy! June 16, 2010
Sirene (Seattle, WA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am not given to reading "thrillers" but the first book in this trilogy kept showing up within my line of vision...so, I bought it at a warehouse store and lo and behold...GREAT READ. It was slow, at first, the plot didn't really grab me, but suddenly I was pulled. As I said, I'm not given to thrillers; this one 'got' to me! It was painful waiting for the sequels to arrive; now I'm midway through the third book and I'm heartsick that it will all come to an end! Stieg Larsson did a good job at character development and setting a suspenseful tone.
Excellent! July 22, 2010
D. S. Feliciano (Paradise, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Got this set as a gift for my husband, who is VERY discriminating in his reading. He absolutely LOVED this collection! He indicated that the story lines are engaging, the plots well thought out, and the writing style fluid. I would HIGHLY recommend this set to any one who loves a great book!
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