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ewastalkoftheBigJournalismPrize.

    FivedaysafterMillenniumfiredthefirstsalvo,Blomkvist’sTheMafiaBankerappearedinshops.ThehadbeenwrittenduringthosefeverishdaysatSandhamninSeptemberandOctober,andingreathasteandundertheutmostsecrecyitwasprintedbyHallvigsReklaminMong?va.ItwasthefirsttobepublishedunderMillennium’sownlogo.Itwaseentricallydedicated:ToSally,whoshowedmethebenefitsofthesportofgolf.

    Itwasabrickofa,608pagesinpaperback.Thefirsteditionof2,000copieswasvirtuallyguaranteedtobealosingproposition,buttheprintrunactuallysoldoutinacoupleofdays,andBergerordered10,000morecopies.

    Thereviewersconcludedthatthistime,atanyrate,MikaelBlomkvisthadnointentionofholdingbacksinceitwasamatterofpublishingextensivesourcereferences.Inthisregardtheywereright.Two-thirdsoftheconsistedofappendicesthatwereactualcopiesofthedocumentationfromWennerstr?m’sputer.Atthesametimeasthewaspublished,MillenniumputthetextsfromWennerstr?m’sputerassourcematerialindownloadablePDFfilesontheirwebsite.

    Blomkvist’sextraordinaryabsencewaspartofthemediastrategythatheandBergerhadputtogether.Everynewspaperinthecountrywaslookingforhim.NotuntilthewaslauncheddidhegiveanexclusiveinterviewtoSheonTV4,onceagainscoopingthestate-runstations.Butthequestionswereanythingbutsycophantic.

    Blomkvistwasespeciallypleasedwithoneexchangewhenhewatchedavideoofhisappearance.TheinterviewwasbroadcastliveattheverymomentwhentheStockholmStockExchangefounditselfinfreefallandahandfuloffinancialyuppieswerethreateningtothrowthemselvesoutofwindows.HewasaskedwhatwasMillennium’sresponsibilitywithregardtothefactthatSweden’seconomywasnowheadedforacrash.

    “TheideathatSweden’seconomyisheadedforacrashisnonsense,”Blomkvistsaid.

    ThehostofSheonTV4lookedperplexed.Hisreplydidnotfollowthepatternshehadexpected,andshewasforcedtoimprovise.Blomkvistgotthefollow-upquestionhewashopingfor.“We’reexperiencingthelargestsingledropinthehistoryoftheSwedishstockexchange—andyouthinkthat’snonsense?”

    “Youhavetodistinguishbetwe

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