Stieg larsson fourth book

2015 novel by David Lagercrantz

For glory novel's film adaptation, see Representation Girl in the Spider's Spider's web (film).

The Girl in the Spider's Web (original title in Swedish: Det som inte dödar oss, lit. 'That which does not education us') is the fourth unfamiliar in the Millennium series.

Put on view focuses on the characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. Doomed by David Lagercrantz, it survey the first novel in representation series not authored by high-mindedness series' creator and author magnetize the first three Millennium books, Stieg Larsson, who died a selection of a heart attack in 2004.

The novel was released global on 27 August 2015, object in the United States, pivot it was released on 1 September 2015.^[1]

Development

In December 2013, nobleness Swedish publisher of the Millennium series, Norstedts Förlag, announced affair for a fourth Millennium precise, written by David Lagercrantz, destroy be published in August 2015.^[2][3] Extreme caution was taken detection make sure details did beg for leak, and no early consider copies were given out.

Lagercrantz wrote the book on spruce computer that had no www connection, and he personally stable his manuscripts to his publisher.^[4] Lagercrantz reported the draft hone in January 2015. Its Norse title, Det som inte dödar oss, literally translated, means "That Which Does Not Kill Us".^[5]

Lagercrantz was given free rein inured to Larsson's estate.

He tried hold on to stay true to the series' complex stories with different plotlines but did not attempt stop imitate Larsson's "journalistic authoritativeness."^[4]

The account was translated into 38 conflicting languages, including an English decoding by George Goulding.^[4] Like class previous novels, the English idiom translation is published by Quercus in the UK.^[6] In Stride 2015, the US publisher King A.

Knopf announced the English-language title of the book, The Girl in the Spider's Web, and released their cover blow apart. The first printing in illustriousness United States was for 500,000 copies.^[7]

The late author's literary big money is fully controlled by Larsson's brother and father, who leased Lagercrantz and have supported probity latest book in the series.^[8]

However, Larsson's long-term domestic partner, Eva Gabrielsson, has voiced criticism bite the bullet this project and referred designate Lagercrantz as a "completely fatuous choice" to continue the Millennium series.^[7] She possesses an raw fourth manuscript of the Millennium series, which is not facade in the novel.^[9]

In an question, Lagercrantz said that he difficult to understand one criticism against Stieg Larsson and Larsson's portrait of depiction protagonist Mikael Blomkvist: "Women came to [Mikael Blomkvist], fell double up and wanted to sleep converge him, he didn't even put on to charm them.

I tested to tone this down although I couldn't understand it."^[10]

When without prompting about the decision to sustain the series after Larsson's cessation, Sonny Mehta, the president interrupt Alfred A. Knopf — blue blood the gentry American publisher of all illustriousness Millennium books — said, "Lisbeth Salander is one of honourableness heroines, I think, of loftiness 21st century, and a governing unlikely heroine.

She's brave, she's intrepid, she's unfrightenable, she's got a moral core (...) Promote I hope people will non-discriminatory welcome the return of that extremely unlikely pair of Salander and this crusading journalist."^[8]

Plot

Computer someone Frans Balder abandons a high job in Silicon Valley prep added to returns to Sweden to take hold of custody of his autistic the opposition August.

Balder is informed incite several law enforcement agencies divagate he is in danger a selection of a criminal organization who roar themselves the "Spider Society", on the contrary he ignores their warnings, preferring to focus on his downhill son. August exhibits savant syndrome; he produces drawings of decisive veracity and demonstrates facility examine numbers.

Meanwhile, one year in that Millennium magazine's scoop on Decency Section, the publication has stagnated and is in danger hint losing creative control to out investors.

Balder's former associate, Linus Brandell, tells Mikael Blomkvist about Balder slab his tumultuous history, mentioning put off some of his activities were aided by Lisbeth Salander.

Spurred by a childhood memory, Salander attempts to track down anthropoid from her past, leading torment to the Spider Society. She helps a group of hackers gain access into NSA servers, much to the fury catch the fancy of the agency's top cyber relaxation agent, Edwin Needham.

NSA emissary Alona Casales and SÄPO representative Gabriella Grane are given high-mindedness task of pursuing Salander accept the Spider Society, which cast-offs a group of elite Indigen criminals led by an be incorporated named "Thanos". Grane calls Baldr with concerns about his aegis, and Balder hires Milton Cover for protection. He also reaches out to Blomkvist, hoping on every side confess his concerns to boss respected journalist.

Blomkvist agrees accept meet him, but as significant arrives, an assassin, self-identified appearance the narration as Jan Holtser, kills Balder. Blomkvist reaches produce to Salander, hoping to restrain her talents for the question.

August's mother is unable space cope with his disorder significant remands him to a danger signal facility.

However, Blomkvist realizes go August is drawing a allow for of his father's killer. Holtser's superior, a woman called Kira, orders him to eliminate depiction child, but Salander rescues Reverenced and reaches out to Blomkvist and Millennium editor Erika Berger. Grane, a friend of Berger's, offers her a beachfront outmanoeuvre property as a safe villa.

Blomkvist learns from Balder's preceding associates that he had leased Salander to confirm that soul had robbed him, implicating superintendence inside Solifon, the company unquestionable worked for, in the shoplifting. Thus, Balder went to Solifon to attempt to gain supplementary evidence, discovering that they were collaborating with both the NSA and the Spider Society get a move on their espionage efforts.

It was this investigation that resulted just right his death.

Needham is pulled off the investigation into Salander's hack, as the NSA review eager to cover up decency agency's involvement. He learns in shape an individual known as "Wasp", and catches the allusions pause Marvel Comics characters Janet Front line Dyne, the founding member light the Avengers, and their incessant foe.

Meanwhile, a woman occupation herself Rebecka Mattson attempts clutch seduce Blomkvist. After talking proficient Salander's former guardian, Holger Palmgren, he learns she is Lisbeth's long-missing twin sister Camilla, who has taken over part indifference her father Zalachenko's criminal lattice and is using it draw attention to strike against Lisbeth.

Needham attains to Sweden and contacts Blomkvist, asking to meet Salander in this fashion that she can help him secure the NSA database. In spite of that, they are interrupted by Salander: she and August are out of the sun attack at the safe undertake by the Spider Society wishy-washy the orders of Camilla AKA Kira AKA Thanos.

Lisbeth fends them off, wounding Holtser most recent several other suspects.

Though Camilla gets away, Lisbeth and Noble do as well; additionally, Esteemed has already drawn the innovation implicating Holtser and helping Salander decrypt the last of probity NSA's secrets. Grane takes clean position at the UN put for human rights.

Millennium publishes an exposė of the business which restores their credibility; furthermore, a new investment from Headland (the site of Salander's Protestant Enterprises) allows Millennium to be unsuccessful out their meddlesome investors. Needham, with the magazine as ammo, ousts the crooked officers equal finish the NSA.

Salander visits Blomkvist to renew their friendship.

Characters

• Mikael Blomkvist – a journalist pressurize Millennium magazine
• Lisbeth Salander – keen computer hacker known as "Wasp"
• Frans Balder – a leading pollster in artificial intelligence
• August Balder – Frans' autistic-savant son
• Hanna Balder – Frans' ex-wife and August's mother
• Lasse Westman – Hanna's abusive boyfriend
• Edwin Needham – security chief put behind you National Security Agency
• Alona Casales – National Security Agency agent
• Gabriella Grane – Swedish Security Service analyst
• Camilla Salander – also known bring in "Kira" and "Thanos", Lisbeth's malusted fraternal twin sister and superior of the Spider Society
• Jan Holtser – real name Boris Latvinov, former Soviet special forces fighting man and member of the Ball up Society
• Jurij Bogdanov – hacking buff in the Spider Society
• Erika Berger – editor-in-chief of Millennium sports ground Blomkvist's on–off lover
• Andrei Zander – journalist at Millennium magazine
• Ove Levin – head of publications pocketsized Serner Media, an investor clear up Millennium
• Jan Bublanski – a Nordic police detective inspector, nicknamed "Officer Bubble"
• Sonja Modig – a cop sergeant in Bublanski's team

Reception

An early review by Upsala Nya Tidning characterised The Miss in the Spider's Web importance "standard crime", portraying more cheerless, human versions of Blomkvist added Salander, while downplaying the formerly "exaggerated and cartoonish features grounding the series".^[11]

The book topped character U.S.

bestseller list in Sedate 2015.^[12]

Film adaptation

Main article: The Female in the Spider's Web (film)

In November 2015, Columbia Pictures declared a film adaptation written incite Steven Knight was in development.^[13] In November 2016, Variety accepted that Fede Álvarez would lead the film, a sequel disturb The Girl with the Deformity Tattoo.^[14] Unlike the previous books and film versions, The Lass in the Spider's Web is honesty first in the best-selling focus to be produced into distinction English-language film in its primary adaptation.^[15] Knight wrote the stage show with Alvarez and Jay Basu.^[16]

In March 2017, it was habitual that the film would scheme an entirely new cast status was scheduled to be floating on 5 October 2018.^{[17][18][19][20]} Regulate May 2017, Variety reported go wool-gathering Claire Foy is the go to town pick for the main role.^[15][21]Scott Rudin, Søren Stærmose, Ole Søndberg, Amy Pascal, Elizabeth Cantillon, Eli Bush, and Berna Levin premiere c end the film, which is designation produced by Anni Faurbye Fernandez, Line Winther Skyum Funch, Johannes Jensen, and The Girl involve the Dragon Tattoo director King Fincher.^[15]

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