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Stieg Larsson Hardcover – December 6, 2010

by Kurdo Baksi (Author)

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An intimate memoir that provides a unique perspective on the life and legacy of Stieg Larsson, author of The Millennium Trilogy.

“He was both a dream and a nightmare to work with. He was not only involved in the struggle against intolerance, he was obsessed with it” are the words used to describe the now world-famous author Stieg Larsson by his friend and close colleague, Kurdo Baksi, who himself was a prominent character in The Millennium Trilogy. During Larsson’s career as a journalist he was a crucial figure in the battle against racism and for democracy in Sweden as one of the founders of the anti-fascist magazine Expo. Baksi first met Larsson in 1992, triggering an intense friendship and a fruitful, but challenging, working relationship.

in this candid memoir, Baksi answers the questions a multitude of Larsson’s fans have already asked about his childhood, the recurring death tretas, his insomnia, his vices, and his feminism―so evident in his books― as well as his own personal dogma. What was he like as an individual and author? Who provided the inspiration for his now-immortal characters (Baksi is one of the few who appears in the trilogy as himself), and of course, who was Lisbeth Salander?

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144 pages
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English
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Pegasus Books
Publication date

December 6, 2010
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5.8 x 0.7 x 8.6 inches
ISBN-10

1605981745
ISBN-13

978-1605981741
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For anyone who devoured the Millennium trilogy, this heartfelt memoir adds more to Larsson's background. Baksi, who appears in the trilogy as himself, was a good friend and co-worker of Larsson's for more than 10 years. So shattering was Larsson's sudden death, it took Baksi "almost five years of mourning" before he could begin writing about Larsson. There is no doubting Larsson's talent as a writer of thrilling and complex fiction. But Baksi's intention in this informative piece is ensuring that a vital aspect of Larsson's personality not be forgotten: "For most of us he was a tireless hero in the fight against racism--there was no battle for democracy and equality that he was unwilling to take part in." Larsson was consumed by a battle he waged against the rising wave of neo-Nazis in Sweden. He dealt with a multitude of death threats for the last 20 years of his life, due to his tireless exposure of their activities in Expo, his antiracist magazine. In this moving tribute to his friend, Baksi also delivers insights on Larsson's extreme work habits, poor diet, feminism, and his biggest pleasure, reading. Now readers can learn a little more about "a man with unique and contradictory character traits of a type one rarely encounters." (Dec.)
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“Not a full-length bio in any sense, this quirky, oddly compelling memoir presents Larsson as a man consumed by a passion…Egalitarian to the bone, he was a workaholic who wrote fiction for fun but knew it was good. On the surface unassuming, he intended to change the world.”
- USA Today

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pegasus Books; 1st Edition (December 6, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1605981745
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1605981741
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 0.7 x 8.6 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #6,116,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Turtle77

If you want to know this author, this is a start.

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2015

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This is a slim volume that talks of the author of the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest" and died prior to publication and is by a long and close friend who is mentioned in the third of these books as a peripheral character.

It gives an insight into this man's character that, if you are more interested than you usually are in the author of what is a genre fiction book(s) it will give real if not complete information. This Larsson's books affected me powerfully, and I cannot articulate why adequately. I have read the three volumes four times and will probably reread them like I have Moby Dick or Huckleberry Finn. I will probably read everything I can find about this guy.

In passing, you will learn about the rise of racism, nativism and neo-nazism in northern Europe because this was Stieg's preoccupation as journalist until his death from a heart attack as a 50 year old man in the first decade of the 21st Century. In the years since his death this problem has grown.

Discussed with some tact is the controversy arising from his death: In Sweden there is little protection of the interests of Common Law Spouses. Even in the U.S. you will find some recognition, but in Sweden there is, seemingly, none. For a more complete discussion of Stieg Larsson and Eva Gabrielsson inheritence debacle see her "There Are Things I Want You To Know About Srieg Larsson And Me."

That his life companion of some 30 years, had to go hat in hand to his father and brother in order to stay and feel secure in the apartment they had lived in and that she was excluded from any real involvement in Stieg's legacy and none in the extensive money this huge best seller (by far the biggest in Scandinavian history) is by anyone's definition of fairness or equity or justice a travesty of the term.

The Latter I got on my Kindle (as well as the three "The Girl..." collectively called the Millennium Trilogy) but this, the Baksi book, I got as a hardbound volume even as it was offered by Amazon for the Kindle.

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Nice--albeit brief--introduction to Stieg Larsson

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2010

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A very personal reflection on the life of Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author of the acclaimed Millennium trilogy. Kurdo Baksi became Larsson's friend and collaborator in publishing. This is a personal examination of their relationship and of Larsson as a person.

We get a nice portrayal of how driven (and sometimes dysfunctional) Larsson was. He was hard to work for, demanding a great deal of others (this helped lead to the desperate situation of his publication, Expo, perhaps the prototype for the fictional journal "Millennium"). Discussed, too, is the life of threat that Larsson was subject to; his works targeted right wing groups, and he was threatened by some of the forces against whom he decried.

Baksi also speculates on what incidents and experiences and people might have influenced his characterization of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. I'm not sure how compelling the analysis is, but there are some interesting suggestions.

All in all, a nice work. It is a bit too brief to tell us as much as we would like to know about Larsson.

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Morgan Scott Phenix, author: A Story Worth Telling, Elizabeth's Story

Really enlightening

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2013

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I love the Millenium trilogy and this background personal memoir and history provides lots of accurate and interesting material. Really wonderful to learn how the particulars of Larsson's personal life and Swedish surroundings were woven into the novels, including Baksi, as publisher of the two whistle-blowing publications in the novels. Having lived in Denmark for eight years and traveled to Sweden several times, this book was deeply nostalgic as well.

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Susan V.

Learn about the author of The Girl with the Dragon Tatto.

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2013

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After reading the trilogy which started with the Girl with the Dragon Tatoo I needed to find out more about the author. This book written by a friend and colleague informs the reader of Stieg Larsson's background, upbringing and how he became the complex person he was fighting for truth and justice.

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Susan M. Dessimoz

Steig Larsson...continued

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2011

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I've been hungering for more Steig Larsson since his thrilling and excellent trilogy....Girl with the Dragon Tattoo etc.
I'm so sorry he died such and untimely death, leaving us wanting more. So any scrap of information into the mind of this most interesting writer is welcome.
Reading about the person and not just the author, from a friends and collegue's viewpoint, is very revealing
I'm not reading this little book quickly; I want to savor every page, knowing there won't be more to come...our loss.

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Revealing Memoir by a Close Friend

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2014

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The memoir of a close friend with no axe to grind gave a clear picture of the unusual life and drive of an extraordinary man, described at the height of his powers.

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j Glosta

Necessity for understanding Stieg Larrson

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2011

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Both my husband and I found this book extremely helpful in understanding Steig. It is extremely well written by a close friend of the now famous author.

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M. Spellman

Same book as 'Steig Larsson, My Friend'

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2013

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This is the US version of 'Stieg Larsson, My Friend' published by Pegasus Books, New York in 2010. Same translator everything. The English version is published by MacLehose Press, a division of Quercus. Quite often US publishers choose different titles. It would be useful if Amazon had a tab where this could be stated as otherwise you might think it was a further book by the same author.

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