{"id":5330,"date":"2015-07-08T20:02:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T00:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5330"},"modified":"2024-02-12T16:22:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:22:47","slug":"the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5330","title":{"rendered":"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo<\/a><\/em> (2005\/2008) Stieg Larsson<\/a> translated by Reg Keeland<\/p>\n

\"The-Girl-with-the-Dragon-Tattoo\"<\/a>I read this the summer I broke my ankle. Because of that, much of my memory of it was fuzzy, both because I read a lot that summer and because I was taking a lot of pain killers.<\/p>\n

So I figured I was due for a re-reading. I read the next two books in the series in the last months of Grandmom’s life, so for different reasons, my memory of those books is hazy.<\/p>\n

I did remember that the books were very good, and that memory held up over time.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the scene that I wasn’t looking forward to re-reading (the rape of Salander) was far shorter than I remembered it being, which–while still horrible–was actually less horrible than I had remembered.<\/p>\n

Despite the horribleness that happens to Salander, there are amusing bits throughout the book.<\/p>\n

Salander was dressed for the day in a black T-shirt with a picture on it of E.T. with fangs, and the words I AM ALSO AN ALIEN. She had on a black skirt that was frayed at the hem, a worn-out black, mid-length leather jacket, rivet belt, heavy Doc Marten boots, and horizontally striped, green-and-red knee socks. She had put on make-up in a colour scheme that indicated she might be colourblind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

every photographer and pictures department is convinced that the pictures contain a historical documentation of incalculable value, so they never throw anything away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first email was from < demokrat88@ yahoo.com >: I HOPE YOU SUCK COCK IN THE SLAMMER YOU FUCKING COMMIE PIG. He filed it in the \u201cINTELLIGENT CRITICISM\u201d folder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apropos of nothing, I started tracking the mystery authors that Blomkvist, on the off chance there was someone I hadn’t read before. (I may have missed an earlier author.)
\nElizabeth George<\/a>
\nWahlstr\u00f6m (Manhattan series)
\nMickey Spillane
\nEnid Bloyton
\nSivar Ahlrud – The Metro Mystery
\nVal McDermid – The Mermaids Singing
\nSara Paretsky<\/a>
\n\u00c5ke Edwardson<\/p>\n

So… I’ve got some authors to look up. <\/p>\n

Published by Vintage <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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