2008م - 1444هـ
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo



The trial was irretrievably over; everything that could be

said had been said, but he had never doubted that he would

lose. The written verdict was handed down at 10:00 on

Friday morning, and all that remained was a summing up

from the reporters waiting in the corridor outside the district

court.

“Carl” Mikael Blomkvist saw them through the doorway

and slowed his step. He had no wish to discuss the verdict,

but questions were unavoidable, and he—of all people—

knew that they had to be asked and answered. This is how it

is to be a criminal, he thought. On the other side of the

microphone. He straightened up and tried to smile. The

reporters gave him friendly, almost embarrassed greetings.