A convincing retread of Stieg Larsson’s hallowed steps
David Lagercrantz is the latest writer to inhabit the characters of a literary forebear, in this case the work of Stieg Larsson
Posthumous series have reached a peak in popularity in the last ten years. James Bond has been brought back to life by writers as diverse as Sebastian Faulks and Jeffery Deaver, and most recently, Anthony Horowitz. Eoin Colfer added a final dimension to Douglas Adams’s science-fiction series, A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, on the 30th anniversary of the series’ first installment, while Patrick Ness won acclaim for his completion of Siobhan O’Dowd’s masterpiece A...
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