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On Skanegatan in the newly hip SoFo area of Sodermalm, where Stieg Larsson set much of the action of his thrillers. Photo by Rob Schoenbaum for The New York Times.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

March 2, 2012<\/p>\n

If you haven’t read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo<\/em>, The Girl Who Played with Fire<\/em>, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest<\/em>\u00a0— The Millennium Trilogy<\/em> — by the late Swedish mystery writer Stieg Larsson, you are among the very few who haven’t. \u00a0All three books spent much time on best seller lists. \u00a0The Hornets’ Nest<\/em> is still on the National Best-Seller list and has been for 78 weeks. \u00a0The Dragon Tattoo<\/em> and Played With Fire<\/em> are on the National Paperback Best-Seller list. \u00a0By December 2010, over 65 million copies of The Trilogy<\/em> had been sold worldwide.<\/p>\n

In addition to the three Trilogy<\/em> books, I also enjoyed the movie versions of each of these mysteries. \u00a0The Swedish versions starred Michael Nyqvist\u00a0as Mikael Blomkvist and Noomi Rapace\u00a0as Lisbeth Salander. \u00a0The American version of The Dragon Tattoo<\/em> starred Daniel Craig\u00a0as Blomkvist and Rooney Mara\u00a0as Salander. \u00a0For this role, Rooney Mara received an Oscar nomination for best actress. \u00a0Sony plans movie versions of the other two books with the Played With Fire<\/em> due for release late next year. \u00a0Both the Swedish versions of the three books and the American version of The Dragon Tattoo<\/em> are excellent. \u00a0Although, Noomi Rapace more closely captured my imagined Lisbeth Salander. \u00a0This is not to slight Mara’s excellent portrayal.<\/p>\n

Larsson fans \u00a0from around the world travel to Stockholm to follow the footsteps of Blomkvist and Salander. \u00a0I understand The Stockholm City Museum even offers walking tours of Sodermalm, where much of The Trilogy takes place. \u00a0Starting last month, the Museum includes\u00a0stories from the shooting of the film\u00a0The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. \u00a0<\/em>My wife and I visited Stockholm in 2010 and wandered SoFo, but didn’t take the Museum tour.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The books introduce Lisbeth Salander, a unique figure in fiction. \u00a0She\u00a0is Goth-like in appearance, autistic and bisexual with a distrust of authority, an amazing ability with a computer, a photographic memory, and astonishing physical courage, and while not physically attractive, is sexually appealing to both men and women. \u00a0And yes, she has a large tattoo of a dragon on her back. \u00a0She is a rare example of a feminist heroine who doesn’t hate men, just men who hate women. \u00a0Throughout The Trilogy<\/em>, Larsson weaves in her background of childhood abuse and violence.<\/p>\n

What is compelling about The Trilogy <\/em>are the complex characters, the fast-paced story telling with interesting plots and sub-plots. \u00a0The books are long and very political. \u00a0With a background as an investigative reporter, Larsson brings a knowledge of the inner workings of the Swedish police, its intelligence service, and private security companies. \u00a0Larsson has been called a revolutionary socialist.<\/p>\n

Larsson delivered the three books to his publisher, envisioning a series of books. \u00a0Supposedly, he had started on a fourth book and wrote outlines for six more. Will someone finish the fourth book? \u00a0Unfortunately, just as they were editing and translating the books, he died of an apparent heart attack in November 2004. He never knew that his Trilogy<\/em> would become a worldwide publishing phenomenon.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately,\u00a0Eva Gabrielsson, his partner of 32 years, is not benefiting from the success. Because they were not married and he died without a will, Larsson’s estate was divided between Erland and Joakim Larsson, his father and brother. \u00a0Ms.\u00a0Gabrielsson receives no income from the sales of Larsson’s books. \u00a0She refused an offer of $3.3 million and a seat on a board in the company that manages The Millennium Trilogy<\/em> books to settle her claim. \u00a0Instead, she wants to determine which agents are used and approve how the works are used and any changes made in them. \u00a0In her memoir published last year, There Are Things I Want You to Know About Stieg Larsson and Me<\/em> chronicles their life together and puts Larsson’s often chaotic life into context.<\/p>\n

If you are a mystery buff and even if you are not, I highly recommend reading The MillenniumTrilogy<\/em>. \u00a0They are terrific reads. \u00a0Scandinavian crime fiction has become enormously successful the last several years. \u00a0They are characterized by plain, direct writing, devoid of metaphor. \u00a0They expose the underside of the cradle-to-grave Scandinavian welfare system. Besides Larsson, I have enjoyed Henning Mankell (Sweden), Helene Tursten (Sweden),Hakan Nesser (Sweden), \u00c5ke Edwardson (Sweden), k.o. dahl (Norway), Jo Nesb\u00f8 (Norway), Karin Fossum (Norway), Christian Jungersen (Denmark) and, of course, Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall, a Swedish couple, whose ten-volume Martin Beck series (1965-1975) were a great influence on rising Scandinavian mystery writers.<\/p>\n

And many of the Nordic mysteries have been made into movies and television series. \u00a0I’ve watched dramatizations of Varg Veum<\/em> based on the series of crime novels by Norwegian mystery writer Gunnar Staalesen, and Mankell’s books. \u00a0In 2008, BBC adapted a few of Mankell’s books starring Kenneth Branagh as Kurt Wallander; a second series was shown in 2010.<\/p>\n

See the movies, read The Millennium Trilogy<\/em> and other Scandinavian mystery writers. \u00a0You won’t be disappointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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