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Stieg Larsson would not have approved of the renaming of the opening book to his Millennium trilogy to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the late author's partner has claimed.
In an interview with the Daily Mirror, Eva Gabrielsson, who is involved in a multi-million legal dispute with Larsson's family over his legacy, said the renaming of the first book in the series from its original title of Men Who Hate Women went against Larsson's wishes. She said: "That's not on. Stieg would never had allowed that. The theme of all three books is the subjugation of women, the abuse and violence against them. That's the whole point. These books were a way for him to take up a subject close to his heart."
She also struck out at the selling of the books' rights, with the movie adaptation of The Girl Who Played with Fire out on Friday (28th August). She said: "The horrible thing is that they are being sold like potatoes. There's no respect for the content, the labour and thought that went in to it - which aren't just Stieg's but mine, too. There's no respect for the original author's but it's got his name on it. That's why I'm still fighting against this nonsense."
Gabrielsson has a draft of the fourth book in the series on a laptop. However, she has refused to hand over the laptop to Larsson's family, arguing the series has not been treated in the way Larsson would have wanted. The Larsson family deny this.