Millennium trilogy
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First U.S. edition, 2008• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2005
• The Girl Who Played With Fire, 2006
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, 2007
Original title
Män som hatar kvinnor (Men Who Hate Women)
First publication
2005, Sweden
Literature form
Novels
Genres
Crime, thriller
Writing language
Swedish
Author's country
Sweden
Length
Approx. 165,000 words (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Notable lines
It happened every year, was almost a ritual. And this was his eighty-second birthday. When, as usual, the flower was delivered, he took off the wrapping paper and then picked up the telephone to call Detective Superintendent Morell....
— First lines, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
"Isn't it fascinating that Nazis always manage to adopt the word freedom?"
— The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
She had been sharing a house with him for a week, and he had not once flirted with her. He had worked with her, asked her opinion, slapped her on the knuckles figuratively speaking when she was on the wrong track, and acknowledged that she was right when she corrected him. Dammit, he had treated her like a human being.
— The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.
— The Girl Who Played With Fire
She tossed Elvis into a dumpster.
— Last line, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
She opened the door wide and let him into her life again.
— Last line, The Girl Who Kicked the Dragon's Nest
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See also:
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Buy the book:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy
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