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Click on this picture to take the Tattooed Girl Tour of Stockholm with photographer Julie O’Connor. Above, the street scene at Bellmansgatan 1 in the Södermalm neighborhood of Stockholm. This is the real life building at the address where the fictional Mikael Blomkvist is said to live.
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Why I wish the United States could hire Lisbeth Salander (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”) to retaliate against Putin’s Russia
By Dan Burstein* There’s a big problem with President Obama’s retaliatory steps taken against the regime of Vladimir Putin over Russian hacking into the American electoral process. No, the problem isn’t that the Russians aren’t guilty or don’t deserve it—they … Continue reading
Christmas with Lisbeth and Mikael
If you want to celebrate Christmas in Tattooed Girl style, you are in luck. In our 2011 book, The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time, we looked into … Continue reading
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Charles Wright, America’s New Poet Laureate, has been reading “the Scandinavians”
The newly named Poet Laureate of the United States, Charles Wright, has said in interviews that since retiring from his professorship at the University of Virginia, he has more time to indulge his interest in reading things he had tried … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Wright, noir, poet laureate, Scandinavian literature, Scandinavians
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Keeping the “Real” Stieg Larsson Alive
Eva Gabrielsson, Stieg Larsson’s lifetime companion, made headlines around the world in February by giving Sweden’s leading newspaper access to fifteen boxes of Larsson’s research into the 1986 assassination of its then-prime minister Olof Palme, a murder that has never been … Continue reading
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Tagged assassination, controversy, David Lagercrantz, Eva Gabrielsson, fourth book, neo-Nazi, Olof Palme, papers, revelation, Stieg Larsson
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New York Times Magazine cover story brings memories of Ronald Niedermann
The New York Times Magazine devoted its cover story on November 18 to the struggle of Ashlyn Blocker, a teenage girl in Georgia who has a congenital condition that makes her insensitive to pain. Congenital insensitivity to pain (also known as … Continue reading
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Denise Mina, Graphic Novel Adapter of Stieg Larsson’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Shares Her Insights about Lisbeth Salander
The well-respected Scottish crime writer and playwright, Denise Mina, who recently adapted The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for DC’s graphic novel version, was recently interviewed by Casey Burchby for Publisher’s Weekly. The interview revealed some interesting insights into Lisbeth Salander and … Continue reading
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Tagged Denise Mina, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, graphic novel, Lisbeth Salander, Millennium series, Stieg Larsson
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The Emancipation of Lisbeth Salander…a guest blog post.
We are pleased to present a guest blog post by Jill Yesko. We welcome these kind of commentaries from readers of The Tattooed Girl blog. The Emancipation of Lisbeth Salander By Jill Yesko Throughout the Millennium Trilogy, Lisbeth Salander unequivocally … Continue reading
Those bloody Scandinavians
People have pointed out that Nordic Noir says a lot about social issues in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland; about the dark reaches of the mind, in detectives and criminals alike; and even something about a world culture that’s so … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, Nordic Noir, The Economist, The Tattooed Girl
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Lisbeth Gets Yet Another Makeover: A sneak peek at ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ graphic novel
To whet our continuing appetite for all things Stieg Larsson, DC Vertigo Comics has released a five-page prequel to their soon-to-come interpretation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Fincher movie was an adaptation. The teaser for the graphic novel hints … Continue reading
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Tagged David Fincher, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, graphic novel, Lisbeth Salander, Vertigo
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What’s wrong with this picture?
The connection between literature and food is a long and important one and is certainly a notable thread throughout the Millennium books. Given our own appetites for both we perked up when we came upon a blog post calling attention to a photo series entitled Fictitious … Continue reading
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Tagged Dinah Fried, food, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Moby Dick, Oliver Twist, photography, Pizza, The Catcher in the Rye
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