The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Zusatztext “One of crime fiction’s most unforgettable characters.” — People   “A caffeine rush. . . . Larsson was one of those rare writers who could keep you up until 3 a.m. and then make you want to rush home the next night to do it again.” — Newsweek   “Gripping. . . . Lisbeth Salander . . . is one of the most original characters in a thriller to come along in a while.” — The New York Times   “Anyone who enjoys grounding their imaginations in hundreds . . . of exciting pages about the way we live now ought to take advantage of this trilogy.” — Chicago Tribune   “Exhilarating. . . . Larsson’s was an undeniably powerful voice in crime fiction that will be sorely missed.” — Publishers Weekly   “The pages fly. . . . The pulse quickens.” — The Boston Globe   “A wild! careening ride.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer   “The action is wham-bam from the start. . . . [with] an eye-popping surprise ending.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Fully lives up to the excellence of the previous two and . . . brings the saga to a satisfactory conclusion. . . . A modern masterpiece.” — The Washington Post Book World   “[Lisbeth Salander] bursts off the page ! a vibrant! forcefully ‘real’ character.” — The Plain Dealer   “Enough twists to keep even the most astute reader guessing.” — The Denver Post   “ Complex! satisfying! clever! moral . . . This is a grown-up novel for grown-up readers! who want something more than a quick fix and a car chase.” — The Guardian (London)   “An old-fashioned! well-paced political thriller with its roots in Swedish history and a cast of interesting and colorful characters.”— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   “Reading Stieg Larsson produces a kind of rushr —rather like a strong cup of coffee.” — The New York Times Book Review   “Salander herself is a magnificent creation: a feminist avenging angel.” — Irish Independent   “Relentlessly exciting. . . . A fitting ending to an outstanding crime trilogy. Larsson deserves every scrap of his reputation as a master storyteller.” — Time Out London Informationen zum Autor STEIG LARSSON, who lived in Sweden, was the editor in chief of the magazine Expo and a leading expert on antidemocratic, 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 .chapter 1 Friday, April 8 Dr. Jonasson was woken by a nurse five minutes before the helicopter was expected to land. It was just before 1:30 in the morning. "What?" he said, confused. "Rescue Service helicopter coming in. Two patients. An injured man and a younger woman. The woman has gunshot wounds." "All right," Jonasson said wearily. Although he had slept for only half an hour, he felt groggy. He was on the night shift in the ER at Sahlgrenska hospital in Göteborg. It had been a strenuous evening. By 12:30 the steady flow of emergency cases had eased off. He had made a round to check on the state of his patients and then gone back to the staff bedroom to try to rest for a while. He was on duty until 6:00, and seldom got the chance to sleep even if no emergency patients came in. But this time he had fallen asleep almost as soon as he turned out the light. Jonasson saw lightning out over the sea. He knew that the helicopter was coming in the nick of time. All of a sudden a heavy downpour lashed at the window. The storm had moved in over Göteborg. He heard the sound of the chopper and watched as it banked through the storm squalls down towards the helipad. For a second he held his breath when the pil...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stieg Larsson
• Verlag: Vintage USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.02.2012
• EAN: 9780307742537
• ISBN: 978-0-307-74253-7
• Seiten: 832
• Abmessung: 106 mm x 190 mm x 34 mm
• Thema: Belletristik > Spannung > Krimis, Thriller, Spionage