when i was reading the saturday paper , i found this book to be number 1 in fiction section, so i decided to read this book.I wont say its a great book but still its a good book to read specially when you are tired and need some energy.I never heard of the author before and the i researched in the net i found he was one of the best novelist in Sweden.
For more info about author .
The Story is about the journalist and hacker (i dont know what to call 'Lisabeth Salander').The journalist Mikael Blomkvist was convited for wrong information(defamy) about business man Hans-Erik Wennerstorm.
He is also the editor of the magazine 'Millennium' .He was asked by Hendrik Vanger , an industrialist to write a book about his family and in secret find the whereabouts ,what happened to Harriet Vanger his brother's daughter.Relectantly Blomkvist accept this offer and started investigating about Vanger family.Hendrik Vanger spent all his life to find the truth about Harriet Vanger, he collected all the materials related to enquiry.
Lisabeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tatoo, is not a good looking and girl and a taciturn personality and she is under a guardianship, so she has to handle all the financial and other details to her guardian.she is working under Dragan Armansky who is a CEO of Milton Security.Her job is to prepare report about the client, and she is very good at it. so Armansky kept her inspite of her initial problems.She prepared a report about Blomkvist for a client .
The story revolves are around Vanger family in Hedestead ,a beautiful village where almost all Vanger clan lived.As Blomkvist start investigating he started to figure out what happened to Harriet Vanger, by his daughter's help he decoded the biblical message hidden in Harriet's dairy.By checking the photographs taken on the day of Harriet's disappearance he was able to find a link between the chain of events.
Magda—32016
Sara—32109
R.J.—30112
R.L.—32027
Mari—32018
(Magda) Leviticus, 20:16
“If a woman approaches any beast and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast; they shall
be put to death, their blood is upon them.”
(Sara) Leviticus, 21:9
“And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, profanes her father;
she shall be burned with fire.”
(R.J.) Leviticus, 1:12
“And he shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall lay them in order upon
the wood that is on the fire upon the altar.”
(R.L.) Leviticus, 20:27
“A man or a woman who is a medium or a wizard shall be put to death; they shall be stoned with
stones, their blood shall be upon them.”
(Mari) Leviticus, 20:18
“If a man lies with a woman having her sickness, and uncovers her nakedness, he has made naked
her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood; both of them shall be cut off from
among their people.”
The above biblical reference gave him the clue about the chain of events. With the help of Salander who found out the details of the events happened as referenced to the bible.she explained everything to Blomkvist that Gottfried i.e Hendrik Vanger's brother was a sex addict and he raped his own son Mark and forced her daughter Harriet to be with him.After Gottfried's death Martin, the current CEO of Vanger corporation continued to have sex and murder them and threw their bodies out in the ocean.Martin through his acquintances found that Blomkvist knew the truth ,so he tried to kill him.Salander saves Blomkvist and Martin was killed in a accident while he was chased by Salander.They also found that Harriet is living in Autralia through Anita Vanger and she is the one who keeps sending flowers every november to Hendrik Vagner .
The author beautifully handles the maze of relationship in Vanger's family.The rest of the novel tells how Blomkvist and Salander finds the truth about Hans-Erik Wennerstorm and exposes his business empire.Good read..to enjoy the minute details read the book!! have to check other books of this author.
