Détails sur le produit

• Rang parmi les ventes Amazon: #20 dans Livres
• Publié le: 2008-07-03
• Langue d'origine: Anglais
• Reliure: Broché
• 554 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Cases rarely come much colder than the decades-old disappearance of teen heiress Harriet Vanger from her family's remote island retreat north of Stockholm, nor do fiction debuts hotter than this European bestseller by muckraking Swedish journalist Larsson. At once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden's dirty not-so-little secrets (as suggested by its original title, Men Who Hate Women), this first of a trilogy introduces a provocatively odd couple: disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist, freshly sentenced to jail for libeling a shady businessman, and the multipierced and tattooed Lisbeth Salander, a feral but vulnerable superhacker. Hired by octogenarian industrialist Henrik Vanger, who wants to find out what happened to his beloved great-niece before he dies, the duo gradually uncover a festering morass of familial corruption—at the same time, Larsson skillfully bares some of the similar horrors that have left Salander such a marked woman. Larsson died in 2004, shortly after handing in the manuscripts for what will be his legacy. 100,000 first printing. (Sept.)
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Publisher comments
Review for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:
A huge, 500-plus-page opus, a multilayered, multi-character tale by a writer of some considerable power. Full of social conscience and compassion, with great insight into the nature of moral corruption, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo just knocked me out. During the time I had my nose stuck in its pages, I was thoroughly consumed by the work, and in those periods when I had to put the book down, I found myself grumpy and anxious to return to Larsson's narrative ... when I finally put the book down, I was still unable to sleep, my head filled with the high-definition world that this author has crafted ... already I'm thinking this could be remembered as the best crime novel of 2008 ... This book shows how exhilarating crime fiction can be.

Back Cover copy
"I want you to find out who in the family murdered Harriet, and who since then has spent almost forty years trying to drive me insane"
The Industrialist:
Henrik Vanger, head of the dynastic Vanger Corporation, is tormented by the loss of a child decades earlier and convinced that a member of his family has committed murder.
The Journalist:
Mikael Blomkvist delves deep into the Vangers' past to uncover the truth behind the unsolved mystery. But someone else wants the past to remain a secret and will go to any lengths to keep it that way.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:
Lisbeth Salander, the enigmatic, delinquent and dangerous security specialist, assists in the investigation. A genius computer hacker, she tolerates no restrictions placed upon her by individuals, society or the law.

Commentaires clients

polar à suspens
Vous êtes devant LE polar à suspens de l'année. Quand on commence, on ne peux plus s'arrêter.
J'ai choisi de l'acheter en anglais car il n'est pas patuen poche en France (=à un prix abordable). Je ne regrette pas car c'est facile à lire.

A acheter pour passer un bon moment!

A locked room mystery (but the room is an island this time).
A good old fashioned 'locked room' mystery but this time the murder took place on an island from which there was no way off. Interesting cast of characters and the added bonus that it takes place in Sweden, so places, streets, etc., are not familiar if you have never been to this country.
After about half way I found this a real page-turner, unput-downable.

Beaucoup aimé
Contrairement à ce qui arrive souvent, les commentaires élogieux dans la presse étaient justifiés. J'attends le troisième.