New Stieg Larsson short story will be included in a crime anthology
A story said to have been written by Larsson when he was 17 will be part of an anthology titled 'A Darker Shade of Sweden,' which will be released this February.
A story said to have been written by Larsson when he was 17 will be part of an anthology titled 'A Darker Shade of Sweden,' which will be released this February.
鈥淕irl with the Dragon Tattoo鈥� fans will soon get a new work from 鈥淕irl鈥� author Stieg Larsson.
The publisher Grove Atlantic has announced it will be releasing a short story written by the late Larsson through an anthology published by its imprint Mysterious Press. The story was reportedly written by Larsson when he was 17 and has never been translated into English.
The anthology is titled 鈥淎 Darker Shade of Sweden鈥� and will focus on Larsson and other crime authors from the country.
鈥淓ver since Larsson illuminated Swedish crime writing with his acclaimed and bestselling Millennium trilogy, readers around the world have wanted more from him and his Swedish colleagues," Grove Atlantic said in a statement. 鈥淸The anthology will] sate the desire to read about the dark side of Sweden.鈥�
The anthology is set to be released in February 2014.
Larsson, who died in 2004, became a household name when the first book in his Millennium trilogy, 鈥淭he Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,鈥� became a bestseller upon its publication in America in 2008, with its two sequels, 鈥淭he Girl Who Played with Fire鈥� and 鈥淭he Girl Who Kicked the Hornet鈥檚 Nest,鈥� also experiencing impressive sales. The entire trilogy was adapted by a Swedish film company into three films starring Swedish actress Noomi Rapace and a Hollywood version of the first book, starring Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig, was released in 2011.