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 Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

The African Man 2004 I have long dreamed that my mother was black. I had invented a story, a history, to escape reality upon my return from Africa in this country, in this city where I did not know anyone, where I had become a stranger. Then I discovered when my father at the age of retirement, returned to live with us in France that he was the African. This has been difficult to accept. I had to go back there, again, try to understand and remember. "

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2008 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is superior, morally ambiguous, crime writing, that involves the reader both cerebrally and emotionally.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Audio-CD 2008 The author carefully dissects many aspects of modern life; in particular, journalistic ethics and society's treatment of women. The novel contains corporate skulduggery, family feuds and violent murder and in parts is very involving. 'TGWTDT', won't appeal to everyone. In addition to the drawn out beginning, Larsson's outlook on human nature is pessimistically bleak and there are some violent scenes that make for uncomfortable reading. If you can see beyond these and are prepared to read past the sluggish opening, you will find yourself enjoying a significant addition to the crime fiction genre.