Stieg Larsson and the Writers Who Influenced Him

Before The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, a Swedish couple wrote a series of detective novels (featuring an abused woman) that had an eerie influence on Larsson. Sarah Weinman on the original Scandinavian crime sensation.

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Published Jul. 26 2010 8:09PM EDT 

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