SUMMARY:
Chinese edition of Man som hatar kvinnor [The girl with the dragon tattoo]. #1 on NYTimes Books 9/08. First of a trilogy by late Swedish journalist Steig Larsson. A young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden disappeared and her uncle is determined to find out what happened. He hired a man with an assistant - a 24-year-old girl, a hacker, a genius, with a tattoo. Maureen Corrigan labels it "super-smart noir with a feminist jolt." In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson's **The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo** combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel. 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.
Description:
SUMMARY: Chinese edition of Man som hatar kvinnor [The girl with the dragon tattoo]. #1 on NYTimes Books 9/08. First of a trilogy by late Swedish journalist Steig Larsson. A young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden disappeared and her uncle is determined to find out what happened. He hired a man with an assistant - a 24-year-old girl, a hacker, a genius, with a tattoo. Maureen Corrigan labels it "super-smart noir with a feminist jolt." In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. EDITORIAL REVIEW: An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson's **The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo** combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel. 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.