If you have been to a bookstore, or a Target or Costco, or anywhere that mass markest paperbacks are sold, you have no doubt been exposed to the ubiquitous green and yellow cover that you see to the left here. Well, based upon the recommendation of some people's whose opinions I trust, I recently became, apparently, one of the last people to read Stieg Larsson's thriller, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
The book is about a reporter who is hired by a wealthy Swedish industrialist to look into the mystery of the disappearance of his niece 40 years ago. He is assisted by a strange young woman, Lisbeth Salander, the tattooed "girl" of the title. It is a lengthy, but quite compelling read. I will now no doubt have to read the next two novels of the Salander trilogy.
I also hit up the Redbox to get the Swedish version of the movie, and it is a faithful version of the book and worth watching as well. Be forewarned, however, that it is a Swedish made movie, so be prepared to read the subtitles. Either that or take a crash course in Swedish. Or, you can wait until 2011 when an American version of the movie will be made. The actress who played Lisbeth is a Swedish babe with the exotic name of Noomi Rapace. She was quite good, and the American actress who will play her, Rooney Mara (for all you sports fans out there, she is the great-granddaughter of Art Rooney and Tim Mara) will have a lot to live up to in playing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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