Someone continued his series........interesting.....
The Girl in the Spider's Web
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First edition cover (Swedish)
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| Author | David Lagercrantz |
|---|---|
| Original title | Det som inte dödar oss |
| Translator | George Goulding |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Millennium |
| Genre | Crime, mystery, thriller |
| Publisher | Norstedts Förlag (Sweden), Quercus (United Kingdom), Alfred A. Knopf (United States) |
Publication date
| 27 August 2015 |
Published in English
| 27 August 2015 (UK), 1 September 2015 (US) |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 544 |
| ISBN | 978-0-85705-999-4 (English) |
| Preceded by | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2007) |
The Girl in the Spider's Web (original title in Swedish: Det som inte dödar oss, literally "That which does not kill us") is the fourth novel in the Millennium series, focuses on the characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. Written by David Lagercrantz, this is the first novel in the series not authored by the series' creator and author of the first three Millennium books, Stieg Larsson, who died of a heart attack in
2004. The novel was released worldwide on 27 August 2015, except in the
United States, where it was released on 1 September 2015.[1]
Development[edit]
In December 2013, the Swedish publisher of the Millennium series, Norstedts Förlag, announced plans for a fourth Millenniumbook, written by David Lagercrantz, to be published in August 2015.[2][3] Extreme
caution was taken to make sure details did not leak, and no early
review copies were given out. Lagercrantz wrote the book on a computer
that had no internet connection, and he personally handed his
manuscripts to his publisher.[4] Lagercrantz reported the draft finished in January 2015. Its Swedish title, Det som inte dödar oss, literally translated, means "That Which Does Not Kill Us".[5]
Lagercrantz was given free rein by Larsson's estate. He tried to stay
true to the series' complex stories with different plotlines but did not
attempt to imitate Larsson's "journalistic authoritativeness."[4]
The novel was translated into 38 different languages, including an English translation by George Goulding.[4] Like the previous novels, the English language translation is published by Quercus in the UK.[6] In March 2015, the US publisher Alfred A. Knopfannounced the English-language title of the book, The Girl in the Spider's Web, and released their cover art. The first printing in the United States was for 500,000 copies.[7]
The late author's literary estate is fully controlled by Larsson's
brother and father, who hired Lagercrantz and have supported the latest
book in the series.[8]
However, Larsson's long-term domestic partner, Eva Gabrielsson, has voiced criticism against this project and referred to Lagercrantz as a "completely idiotic choice" to continue the Millennium series.[7] She possesses an unfinished fourth manuscript of the Millennium series, which is not included in the novel.[9]
In an interview, Lagercrantz said that he had one criticism against Stieg Larsson and Larsson's portrait of the protagonist Mikael Blomkvist:
"Women came to [Mikael Blomkvist], fell down and wanted to sleep with
him, he didn't even have to charm them. I tried to tone this down as I
couldn't understand it."[10]
When asked about the decision to continue the series after Larsson's death, Sonny Mehta, the president of Knopf — the publisher of all the Millennium books
— said, "Lisbeth Salander is one of the heroines, I think, of the 21st
century, and a most unlikely heroine. She's brave, she's intrepid, she's
unfrightenable, she's got a moral core (...) And I hope people will
just welcome the return of this extremely unlikely pair of Salander and
this crusading journalist."[8]
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