The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in ; in English: Men Who Hate Women) is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), which was published posthumously in 2005 to become an international bestseller. It is the first book of the "Millennium" series. Larsson spoke of an incident which he said occurred when he was 15: he stood by as three men gang raped an acquaintance of his named Lisbeth. Days later, racked with guilt for having done nothing to help her, he begged her forgiveness—which she refused
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) does, and tells him that she is taking back control of her money and life. If any 'accident' happens to Lisbeth, then the film will be released, and any threat to her will result in the same outcome. She then uses a tattoo machine to brand Bjurman's abdomen with the message "I am a sadist pig and a rapist". Blomkvist moves to a cottage on the Vanger estate and meets the Vanger family, including Harriet's brother Martin who is the head of the Vanger group and cousin Cecilia. Martin is congenial and has Blomkvist over for dinner, he and Cecelia