Stieg & Me
by Eva Gabrielsson is a book that sheds some
interesting light on the author of the Millenium Trilogy, Stieg
Larsson (1954-2004), and, to
a certain extent, reads a little like one of
Larsson's thrillers. Stieg never lived to see the
unbelievable impact that his
books about Lisbeth Salander had around the
world, and Eva, who had lived with Stieg for thirty years and who was
an important part of the conception and realization of all three
books (and possibly a fourth), was excluded from the profits
generated by the books simply because she and Stieg had never
married. As well as giving a very personal background to the creation
of the Millenium books, Eva's biography explores Stieg's rocky
relationship with his extended family, his relentless pursuit of the
neo-Nazi movement in Sweden and his founding of the magazine Expo. It
is definitely a 'must read' for all Stieg Larsson fans.
The Following photo has been taken from DN.se Bok, Janerik Henriksson / Scanpix
