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Description
A sensation across Europe—millions of copies sold A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue. It’s about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden . . . and about her... read more
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Cast of Characters
- Mikael Blomkvist: Journalist, publisher of Millennium magazine, and amateur sleuth
- Lisbeth Salander: Hacker, feminist, researcher and assistant to Mikael Blomkvist
- Henrik Vanger: Add a description of this character.
- Hans-Erik Wennerström
- Harriet Vanger: Great-niece of Henrik and vanished 40 years ago
- Martin Vanger: Brother of Harriet and President of the Vanger Corporation
- Holger Palmgren
- Nils Bjurman
- Cecilia Vanger
- Erika Berger
- Dirch Frode
- Dragan Armanskij
Memorable Quotes
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“"Friendship - my definition - is built on two things," he said. "Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble."”
Mikael Blomkvist
First Sentence
The trial was irretrievably over; everything that could be said had been said, but he had never doubted that he would lose.
Table of Contents
Series
This is book 1 in the The Millennium Trilogy series.
Authors & Contributors
- Stieg Larsson (Author)
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