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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

By: Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Publisher's summary

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander: “Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson’s first novel” (The New York Times). • Also known as the Millennium series

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.

Look for the latest book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons, coming soon!

Listen to the rest of The Millennium Trilogy.
©2008 Stieg Larsson (P)2008 Books on Tape

Critic reviews

"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 best seller...At once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden's dirty not-so-little secrets, this first of a trilogy introduces a provocatively odd couple." (Publishers Weekly)

"Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson's first novel." (The New York Times)

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a striking novel. Just when I was thinking there wasn't anything new on the horizon, along comes Stieg Larsson with this wonderfully unique story. I was completely absorbed." (Michael Connelly)

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What listeners say about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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awesome!!!

amazing book. excellent performance by the narrator. I can't wait to hear the next one!

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Amazing book and performance

I highly recommend this book to anyone that likes thriller novels. The performance was amazing, and I found it impossible to put down!

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It was great.

I really loved it I couldn't believe that he found the girl and the narrator was really good.

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enjoyable

Unfortunately, it has been a couple of months since I listen to this. I don't remember the details. It was a fun listen and with an excellent narrator.

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Incredible

Words cannot even express how amazing this book is. Seriously, I have no words. It is a MUST read.

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Not lost in Translation

Simon Vance did a fabulous narration, It seems to me that it was translated for the Audible version better than the version I tried to read years ago. Bravo. Plane to dive into the next novel. Don’t get me wrong, I own and watch the movies every couple years, but I prefer the original with subtitles over the American remake. So this was great to listen to,

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Awesome

Everyone needs to read this series at least once in life.
Very deep emotions and very justly presented social interactions.
Love the performance, very nicely done thank you.

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Compelling

I've already seen the movie for this, and considering how dark and intense that was I was putting off reading the book, but I'm glad over finally got around to it. This was a very interesting and stimulating listen, especially with all the accents and characters. I will say this, i felt like at times I got lost in all the characters and couldn't quite remember who was who, but thankfully not every single person had a major role so it was only small parts that tripped me up. The mystery was super intriguing and the ending, while unsettling, was still satisfying.

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Superb

Zero complaints. Give this amazing book a listen. Thank you so much Audible! Right on.

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Very Entertaining

I found this book a little slow moving at first, but after a bit the story became more intriguing as it began to take shape. Very enjoyable ... now, onto the next

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