Until the posthumous publication of the Millennium Trilogy, Stieg
Larsson was probably best known for his commitment to left-wing
causes, and his tireless work as an anti-fascist activist.
Horrified by the rise of far-right extremism in Sweden, he threw
himself into monitoring and exposing these often shadowy and
violent groups and gained an international reputation for the depth
of his achievements and knowledge. However his work carried
substantial risks and he and his partner Eva Gabrielsson lived in
constant fear for their lives. Jan Erik-Pettersson shows how
Stieg's activism and energetic championing of social justice and
women's rights characterised his life, as well as demonstrating how
these concerns animated his huge-selling Millennium Trilogy, in
particular the unforgettable character of Lisbeth Salander. He also
persuasively establishes Stieg's place within the explosion of
Scandinavian crime with which his novels are so closely associated,
showing that in many ways his fiction stands somewhat apart from
the work of other authors in this tradition. In Stieg: From
Activist to Author, Jan Erik-Pettersson portrays a man willing to
put his life at risk in order to fight for the things in which he
believed, and an author whose inimitable work was energized by the
causes to which he was so strongly committed.
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