David
Lagercrantz, who’s taken up Stieg Larson’s Millennium Series, is doing an
admirable job. The familiar characters are back. There are interesting new
ones. Lisbeth is in good fighting form. One does not get lost in the action. Now,
finding my way around Stockholm did get a little dicey as soon as Lagercrantz got
away from Gamla Stan. I’m sure it’s manageable if you want to take time away
from the story to sort it all out. I did make some side trips with the famous
jazz musician, Django. Same with hyperacusis. And mirror image twins. All are interesting
facts to sort out and build into a story line.
However, what
I really want to know is how did that nice Swedish family with the woodsy home
at the edge of the forest, who rescued a main character from the freezing cold,
ran him a hot bath, gave him dry clothes, could end up feeding him JANSSON’S
TEMPTATION? [Page
320, hardback, near the bottom of the page.]
Surely someone
had been to or knew about Bishop Hill, Illinois, USA and the Bishop
Hill colony. Who was that person?
That’s a
bigger mystery than the evil twin. And probably a good story in its own right.
