Pettersson, Jan-Erik. Stieg Larsson: The Real Story of the Man Who Played with Fire.(Brief article)(Book review)

Pettersson, Jan-Erik. Stieg Larsson: The Real Story of the Man Who Played with Fire. Sterling. Nov. 2011. 288p. tr. from Swedish by Tom Geddes. photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 9781402789403. $22.95. LIT

Pettersson, former editor in chief at the Swedish publishing house Ordfront Forlag, which published Larsson's book on the right-wing Swedish Democrat Party in 2001, brings us this self-described "unconventional biography" of Larsson. He draws on multiple sources, including visits to the Swedish towns where Larsson lived during his formative years, interviews with family, friends, and coworkers, and his own reminiscences from the time they worked together at Expo, a magazine …