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Originally Posted by Kevin8or
I was reading A Christmas Carol but became distracted by people in this thread discussing The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo. So, I've just completed:
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
I'd like to know if Larsson's depiction of violence & discrimination against women in Sweden is accurate. To read his novels, you'd think there's a significant portion -- say, 5 or 10%? -- of Swedish men who really do hate women, especially women with a measure of success or power. I'm wholly ignorant of the truth, but the books make me wonder.
I've become convinced that I previously read these, although I have no recollection of doing so. I must have borrowed them from the library. Strange that I don't remember, and yet... the books were vaguely familiar.
Okay, then: back to A Christmas Carol! |
I don't pretend to know the answer to your question, but by the same logic I could ask whether seemingly every other person in the US is a serial killer.
My guess would be that books about normal family guys don't sell as well. Whether they're based in Sweden, the US or wherever.