WIGZ Book Club

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• Book for January 2010 The Bookseller of Kabul
• Book for March 2010 Daughters of Shame
• Book for April 2010 Out of Africa
• Book for May 2010 The Diary of a Nobody
• Book for July 2010 Sleep, Pale Sister
• Book for September 2010 The Thirteenth Tale
• Book for October 2010 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Book for November 2010 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
• Archive of 2009 Book Choices

Book choice for October 2010

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

ISBN -10: 0307269752
ISBN -13: 978-0307269751

Synopsis

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse, no witnesses, no evidence. Nearly forty years later a journalist by the name of Mikael Blomqvist gets an unusual assignment. He's contacted by Harriet's uncle, Henrik Vanger, who wants him to find out what really happened to Harriet. Mikael takes on the job, with help from mysterious biker girl and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. This unlikely pair form a fragile bond as they dig into the sinister past of this family and find out just how far they're prepared to go to protect themselves - and each other.

About the Author

Stieg Larsson, who lived in Sweden, was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Expo and a leading expert on anti-democratic, right-wing extremist, and Nazi organizations. He died in 2004, shortly after delivering the manuscripts for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.