BlokvistwasnotwillingtoshareVangersconvictionthatafailyeberwasbehindHarrietsdisappearance.Anuberofothershadtobeaddedtothelistofsuspects.
DirchFrodebeganworkingforVangerashiswyerinthespringof1962.Andasidefrothefaily,whoweretheservantswhenHarrietvanishedGunnarNilssonalibiootwasnieenyearsold,andhisfather,Magnus,wasinalllikelihoodpresentonHedebyIsnd,asweretheartistNoranandthepastorFalk.WasFalkarriedThestergrdenfarerAronsson,aswelshissonJerkerAronsson,livedontheisnd,closeenoughtoHarrietVangerwhileshewasgrowinghatsortofretionshipdidtheyhaveWasAronssonstilrriedDidotherpeopleliveatthattieonthefar
AsBlokvistwrotedownallthenaes,thelisthadgrowntofortypeople.Itwas3:30intheoingandthetheroeterread6°F.HelongedforhisownbedonBelnsgatan.
HewasawokenbytheworkanfroTelia.By11:00hewashookedupandnolongerfeltquiteasprofessionallyhandicapped.Ontheotherhand,hisowntelephonereainedstubbolysilent.Hewasstartingtofeelquitepigheadedandwouldnotcalltheoffice.
Heswitchedonhiseailprograeandlookedrapidlythroughthenearly350essagessenttohioverthepastweek.Hesavedadozen；therestwerespaorailingliststhathesubscribedto.Thefirsteailwasfro:IHOPEYOUSUCKCOCKINTHESLAMMERYOUFUCKINGMIEPIG.Hefileditinthe“INTELLIGENTCRITICISM”folder.
Hewroteto:“HiRicky.JusttotellyouthatIvegottheworkingandcanbereachedwhenyoucanfivee.Hedebyisarusticpce,wellworthavisit.M.”WhenitfeltlikelunchtieheputhisiinhisbagandwalkedtoSusannesBridgeCafé.Heparkedhiselfathisusualcoertable.Susannebroughthicoffeeandsandwiches,castinganinquisitivegnceathisputer.Sheaskedhiwhathewasworkingon.ForthefirsttieBlokvistusedhiscoverstory.Theyexchangedpleasantries.Susanneurgedhitocheckwithherwhenhewasreadyfortherealrevetions.
“IvebeenservingVangersforthirtyfiveyears,andIknowostofthegossipaboutthatfaily,”shesaid,andsashayedofftothekitchen.Withchildren,grandchildren,andgreatgrandchildrenwhohehadnotbotheredtoincludethebrothersFredrikandJohanVangerhadapproxiatelyfiftylivingoffspringtoday.Thefailyhadatendencytolivetoaripeoldage.FredrikVangerlivedtobeseventyeight,andhisbrotherJohantoseventytwo.OfFredrikssonswhowereyetalive,HaraldwasniytwoandHenrikwaseightytwo.
TheonlyexceptionwasGustav,whodiedoflungdiseaseattheageofthirtyseven.VangerhadexpinedthatGustavhadalwaysbeensicklyandhadgonehisownway,neverreallyfittinginwiththerestofthefaily.Heneverarriedandhadnochildren.
Theotherswhohaddiedyounghadsuubedtootherfactorsthanillness.RichardVangerwaskilledintheWinterWar,onlythirtythreeyearsold.GottfriedVanger,Harrietsfather,haddrownedtheyearbeforeshedisappeared.AndHarrietherselfwasonlysixteen.Mikaedenoteofthestrangesyetryinthatparticurbranchofthefailygrandfather,father,anddaughterhadallbeenstruckbyisfortune.RichardsonlyreainingdescendantwasMartinVangerwho,atfiftyfour,wasstillunarried.ButVangerhadexpinedthathisnepheasaveritableheritwithawoanwholivedinHedestad.
Blokvistnotedtwofactorsinthefailytree.ThefirstwasthatnoVangerhadeverdivorcedorrearried,eveniftheirspousehaddiedyoung.Hewonderedhowonthatwas,intersofstatistics.CeciliaVangerhadbeenseparatedfroherhusbandforyears,butapparently,theywerestilrried.
TheotherpeculiaritywasthatwhereasFredrikVangersdescendants,includingHenrik,hadpyedleadingrolesinthebusinessandlivedpriarilyinoearHedestad,JohanVangersbranchofthefaily,whichproducedonlydaughters,hadarriedanddispersedtoStockhol,Mal,andGteborabroad.AndtheyonlycaetoHedestadforsuerholidaysortheoreiportanteetings.ThesingleexceptionwasIngridVanger,whoseson,GunnarKarn,livedinHedestad.HewastheeditorinchiefoftheHedestadCourier.
Thinkingasaprivatedetectiveight,VangerthoughtthattheunderlyingotiveforHarrietsurderightbefoundinthestructureofthepanythefactthatearlyonhehadadeitknownthatHarrietwasspecialtohi；theotiveighthavebeentoharVangerhiself,orperhapsHarriethaddiscoveredsoesensitiverationconceingthepanyandtherebybecaeathreattosoeone.Thesewereerespecutions；nevertheless,inthisannerhehadidentifiedacircleconsistingofthirteenindividualswhoheconsideredtobeofpotentialinterest.
BlokvistsconversationwithVangerthedaybeforehadbeenilluinatingononeotherpoint.FrothestarttheoldanhadtalkedtoBlokvistaboutsoanyebersofhisfailyinaconteptuousanddenigratinganner.Itstruckhiasodd.BlokvistwonderedwhetherthepatriarchssuspicionsabouthisfailyhadwarpedhisjudgeentintheatterofHarrietsdisappearance,butnowhewasstartingtorealisethatVangerhadadeanaazinglysoberassessent.
Theiagethatwaseergingrevealedafailythatwassociallyandfinanciallysuessful,butinalltheoreordinaryaspectswasquiteclearlydysfunctional.
HenrikVangersfatherhadbeenacold,insensitiveanwhosiredhischildrenandthenlethiswifelookaftertheirupbringingandwelfare.Untilthechildrenreachedtheageofsixteentheybarelysawtheirfatherexceptatspecialfailygatheringswhentheywereexpectedtobepresentbutalsoinvisible.Henrikcouldnotreeberhisfathereverexpressinganyforoflove,eveninthesallestway.Onthecontrary,thesonwasoftentoldthathewasinpetentandwasthetargetofdevastatingcriticis.Corporalpunishentwasseldoused；itwasntnecessary.Theonlytieshehadwonhisfathersrespectcaeterinlife,throughhisacplishentswithintheVangerCorporation.
Theoldestbrother,Richard,hadrebelled.AfteranarguentthereasonforwhichwasneverdiscussedinthefailytheboyhadovedtoUppsatostudy.TherehadbeensowntheseedsofthetheNazicareerwhichVangerhadalreadyentioned,andwhichwouldeventuallyleadtotheFinnishtrenches.Whattheoldanhadnotentionedpreviouslywasthattwootherbrothershadhadsiircareers.
In1930HaraldandGregerhadfollowedinRichardsfootstepstoUppsa.Thetwohadbeenclose,butVangerwasnotsuretowhatextenttheyhadspenttiewithRichard.ItwasquiteclearthatthebrothersalljoinedPerEngdahlsfascistoveent,TheNewSweden.HaraldhadloyallyfollowedPerEngdahlovertheyears,firsttoSwedensNationalUnion,thentotheSwedishOppositiongroup,andfinallyTheNewSwedishMoveentafterthewar.HaraldcontinuedtobeaeberuntilEngdahldiedintheniies,andforcertainperiodshewasoneofthekeycontributorstothehibeatingSwedishfascistoveent.
HaraldVangerstudiededicineinUppsaandndedalostiediatelyincirclesthatwereobsessedwithracehygieneandracebiology.ForatieheworkedattheSwedishRaceBiologyInstitute,andasaphysicianhebecaeaproinentcapaignerforthesterilisationofundesirableeleentsinthepopution.
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Haraldwentevenfurther.In1937hecoauthoredunderapseudony,thankGodaentitledThePeoplesNewEurope.Ididntfindthisoutuntiltheseventies.Ihaveacopythatyoucanread.ItustbeoneoftheostdisgustingseverpublishedintheSwedishnguage.HaraldarguednotonlyforsterilisationbutalsoforeuthanasiaactivelyputtingtodeathpeoplewhooffendedhisaesthetictastesanddidntfithisiageoftheperfectSwedishrace.Inotherwords,hewasappealingforwholesaleurderinatextthatwaswritteninipeableacadeicproseandcontainedalltherequirededicarguents.Getridofthosewhoarehandicapped.DontallowtheSaaipeopletospread；theyhaveaMongolianinfluence.Peoplewhoareentallyillwouldregarddeathasaforofliberation,wouldnttheyLoosewoen,vagrants,gypsies,andJewsyoucaniagine.Inybrothersfantasies,AuschwitzcouldhavebeenlocatedinDaa.
AfterthewarGregerVangerbecaeasecondaryschoolteacherandeventuallytheheadasteroftheHedestadpreparatoryschool.VangerthoughtthathenolongerbelongedtoanypartyafterthewarandhadgivenupNazis.Hediedin1974,anditwasntuntilhewentthroughhisbrotherscorrespondencethatheleaedthatinthefiftiesGregerhadjoinedthepoliticallyineffectualbuttotallycrackpotsectcalledtheNordicNationalParty.Hehadreainedaeberuntilhisdeath.
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Consequently,threeofybrotherswerepoliticallyinsane.Howsickweretheyinothe船说