The Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson has become a global sensation in a remarkably short time.
Nobody (almost) knew of him outside Sweden before the first volume of his Millennium trilogy came out in 2005, whereas the worldwide sales of his books last year were second only to Khaled Hosseini. The security for his latest book "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" (ISBN-13: 9781906694173) was something seen only with Harry Potter books. The level of anticipation for this book was at an unprecedented high and was eagerly awaited since the second volume left the story at a cliff hanger.
Left Between Life And Death
The heroine of the story Lisbeth Salander was left between life and death and the readers were interested in knowing what happened next in her life. The book "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" is more than just the last volume in the series, it completes many threads in the story in a way befitting to the last volume of a trilogy. The author of the book Stieg Larsson died a sudden death just after completing the trilogy. It is evident from the title of the book itself that the heroine Lisbeth Salander does survive....
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