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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest:
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'Complex, satisfying, clever, moral ... a grown-up novel for grown-up readers ... this is why the Millennium Trilogy is rightly a publishing phenomenon all over the world' Kate Mosse. ― Kate Mosse
'The pace rarely lets up … it's an exhilarating read … this is a strong and satisfying conclusion to a massively ambitious, richly textured trilogy' Daily Express. ― Daily Express
'By some alchemy, Larsson has made a character who ought to be completely unbelievable into one of the most compelling and convincing in modern fiction … one wonders what Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple would make of her, but Lisbeth Salander bids fair to join them in the ranks of crime fiction's true immortals' Daily Telegraph. ― Daily Telegraph
'A cyclonic force of a story, I experienced the same happiness and feverish excitement with which I read Dumas's Three Musketeers or the novels of Dickens… exceptional… I repeat, without any shame whatsoever: fantastic' Mario Vargas Llosa in El Pais. ― El Pais
'Fans will not be disappointed; this another roller-coaster ride that keeps you reading far too late into the night. Intricate but flawlessly plotted, it has complex characters as well as a satisfying, clear moral thrust … most compelling is the character of Salander … I cackled with glee as she turned the tables on her enemies in a climactic courtroom scene … Who'd have thought a Swedish geek could set British pulses racing' Evening Standard. ― Evening Standard
'There is comparison with that other great work of contemporary entertainment, The Wire, in the rage and clarity with which injustice becomes the driver of a novel way of looking at society. Be warned: the trilogy, like The Wire, is seriously addictive.' Guardian. ― Guardian
'The pace rarely lets up … it's an exhilarating read … this is a strong and satisfying conclusion to a massively ambitious, richly textured trilogy' Daily Express. ― Daily Express
'By some alchemy, Larsson has made a character who ought to be completely unbelievable into one of the most compelling and convincing in modern fiction … one wonders what Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple would make of her, but Lisbeth Salander bids fair to join them in the ranks of crime fiction's true immortals' Daily Telegraph. ― Daily Telegraph
'A cyclonic force of a story, I experienced the same happiness and feverish excitement with which I read Dumas's Three Musketeers or the novels of Dickens… exceptional… I repeat, without any shame whatsoever: fantastic' Mario Vargas Llosa in El Pais. ― El Pais
'Fans will not be disappointed; this another roller-coaster ride that keeps you reading far too late into the night. Intricate but flawlessly plotted, it has complex characters as well as a satisfying, clear moral thrust … most compelling is the character of Salander … I cackled with glee as she turned the tables on her enemies in a climactic courtroom scene … Who'd have thought a Swedish geek could set British pulses racing' Evening Standard. ― Evening Standard
'There is comparison with that other great work of contemporary entertainment, The Wire, in the rage and clarity with which injustice becomes the driver of a novel way of looking at society. Be warned: the trilogy, like The Wire, is seriously addictive.' Guardian. ― Guardian
About the Author
Stieg Larsson was the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Expo. He was a leading expert on anti-democratic, right-wing extremist organisations. He died in 2004, soon after delivering the text of the novels that make up the Millennium Trilogy.
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