Since starting the Dragon Tattoo series, I have become obsessed with all things Swedish. Including, of course, the language (which I heard for the first time after watching the movie version of the first novel, which was disturbing, but of course I knew it would be...). It's quite odd, and sounds something like a German/Norwegian hybrid with lots of "Ya, Ya" going around.
Something quite interesting about Swedish people that I did not know, is that they LOVE their coffee. And sandwiches. And 7 Eleven, apparently. In a quote from a New York Times review of the 3rd novel, with which I am currently engaged: "Larsson’s is a dark, nearly humorless world, where everyone works fervidly into the night and swills tons of coffee; hardly a page goes by without someone “switching on the coffee machine,” ordering “coffee and a sandwich” or responding affirmatively to the offer “Coffee?”
How hilarious. And how true - I feel hyper from osmosis after reading 10 pages. Swedes all over the world must be living with insane ulcers, sleep deprivation, really yellow teeth, and rather smelly breath.
Ok, back to reading.
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