Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100731:00:50:00
The crime writer drew inspiration from his own world. like most swede's, his characters drink a ton of coffee, sometimes at the same shop the author did. and in that neighborhood, we discovered almost everyone has a tattoo. ana has five. >> that was actually quite painful. >> reporter: plot lines were ripped straight from the author's day job at a left-wing pro-democracy magazine. michael ekman worked with him for ten years. >> if you read the book, it's not hard to understand that he's a believer in democracy and feminists. >> reporter: it's a political message wrapped within three thrilling ...