The bright yellow cover of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," featuring a swirling dragon design, has become one of the most instantly recognizable and iconic book covers in contemporary fiction in the U.S. But the path to this design--like the thriller--has been full of twists, red herrings and wrong turns.
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