Wednesday, October 22, 2014

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest



Book Menu for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson


ISBN of edition I read:  9780307269997 (hardcover)

Food mention in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest :
Toast with cheese, marmalade and avocado, 19, 545
Cake, 39
Coffee, 39, 47
Cheese and liver pate sandwich, 47
Waffles with Cloudberry Jam , 52
Johnnie Walker, 79
Glenfiddich (Scotch), 84
Sushi, 104
Swedish meatballs with lingonberries, 104
Mineral water, 104, 125, 310
Shish kebab, 141
Meatball sandwich, 225
Beet salad, 225
Lettuce and cheese baguette, 249
Burek, 318, 322
Vegetable stew, 331
Cold pasta salad with tuna and bacon, 343
Cabbage stew, 366
Ramlosa, 422
Lamb chops in red wine sauce, 422
Lamb stew, 442, 451
Champagne, 517
Mangoes, 525
Apples 525
Tullamore Dew (Irish whiskey), 525
Croissants, 529
Campari, 541
Bagels, 562

Books/Authors mentioned in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest :
The Iliad / Homer, 147
Philip Marlowe, 174
Pippi Longstocking / Astrid Lindgren, 238
Dashiell Hammett, 306
Amazons of Black Sparta / Stanley Alpern, 419
Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens, 532

Magazines mentioned in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest :
New England Journal of Medicine, 8, 174
Nature, 174

Television mentioned in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest:
C.S.I., 324


Music mention in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest:
Verdi, 425-426

Misc.: Fermat's Last Theorem

Discussion questions for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest:
What are the differences and parallel's between Lisbeth and her half brother, Niedermann?
How do the passages (p. 3, 147, 289, 419) about Amazons and women warriors relate to the novel as a whole?

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