- Mass Market Paperback: 367 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Reissue edition (Jan 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312924585
- ISBN-13: 978-0312924584
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,381,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris, is even better than the successful movie. Like his earlier Red Dragon, the book takes us inside the world of professional criminal investigation. All the elements of a well-executed thriller are working here--driving suspense, compelling characters, inside information, publicity-hungry bureaucrats thwarting the search, and the clock ticking relentlessly down toward the death of another young woman. What enriches this well-told tale is the opportunity to live inside the minds of both the crime fighters and the criminals as each struggles in a prison of pain and seeks, sometimes violently, relief.
Clarice Starling, a precociously self-disciplined FBI trainee, is dispatched by her boss, Section Chief Jack Crawford, the FBI's most successful tracker of serial killers, to see whether she can learn anything useful from Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter's a gifted psychopath whose nickname is "The Cannibal" because he likes to eat parts of his victims. Isolated by his crimes from all physical contact with the human race, he plays an enigmatic game of "Clue" with Starling, providing her with snippets of data that, if she is smart enough, will lead her to the criminal. Undaunted, she goes where the data takes her. As the tension mounts and the bureaucracy thwarts Starling at every turn, Crawford tells her, "Keep the information and freeze the feelings." Insulted, betrayed, and humiliated, Starling struggles to focus. If she can understand Lecter's final, ambiguous scrawl, she can find the killer. But can she figure it out in time? --Barbara Schlieper --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Clive Barker
‘Thrillers don’t come any better than this… razor-sharp entertainment, beautifully constructed and brilliantly written’
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ok, before I write my opinion on this book, I have to admit something slightly embarrassing first. Deep breath….I love trashy psychological thrillers! However, this is certainly not a trashy book, whatsoever. As a young reader (I was about 14 when I first read this), I was in the lucky position of not seeing the film first. Yes, it is a great movie. Yes, Jodie Foster makes a great Clarice Starling, and yes, it does not deviate from the book too much. However, there is so much more information included in the novel that simply cannot be materialised into a film (do you know the chemical formula for bilirubin?).
I will not bore everybody with the plot, I’m sure the world and his dog has seen the famous ‘liver and Chianti’ scene, and many more besides, but if you have not read this book yet – read it now! Thomas Harris is the most superb, underrated author of modern times, and I find it difficult to choose which of his novels is the greatest. For those of you who have seen the movie adaptations of ‘Red Dragon’ and, more depressingly, ‘Hannibal’; do not be put off from reading these works of art.
I realise I am gushing far too much about Harris’ brilliance, but that is how reading his novels make me feel! Although my view is slightly biased, ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’ offers everything required for a great book – thrilling, page-turning suspense that leaves you hungry for more and feeling like you have actually learned something when you finally put it down. I am now waiting with baited breath in the hope that Thomas Harris will write more about Hannibal’s past ‘meals’, and satisfy my hunger!
I will not bore everybody with the plot, I’m sure the world and his dog has seen the famous ‘liver and Chianti’ scene, and many more besides, but if you have not read this book yet – read it now! Thomas Harris is the most superb, underrated author of modern times, and I find it difficult to choose which of his novels is the greatest. For those of you who have seen the movie adaptations of ‘Red Dragon’ and, more depressingly, ‘Hannibal’; do not be put off from reading these works of art.
I realise I am gushing far too much about Harris’ brilliance, but that is how reading his novels make me feel! Although my view is slightly biased, ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’ offers everything required for a great book – thrilling, page-turning suspense that leaves you hungry for more and feeling like you have actually learned something when you finally put it down. I am now waiting with baited breath in the hope that Thomas Harris will write more about Hannibal’s past ‘meals’, and satisfy my hunger!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
We all know about Hannibal Lecter, the infamous antagonist of Harris' trilogy due to the success of the movie adaptation of this book. Our introduction to the leads is short and precise. Harris knew exactly what he wanted to create when he sat in front of his word processor and began writing this terrificly terrifying novel about serial killers. There is no time nor pages wasted running around just to fill space. I have undertaken a writing course and the main lesson that I learned was that every word should earn its space on the page, and Harris definitely uses every word to its maximum. He sets the pace from the off and we join Clarice Starling as she is introduced to the most infamous serial killer of all time in a high security prison for the insane. From there the ride begins!
If you are fortunate enough to not know anything about this book order it now and enjoy as I did and many millions of others have. If you have only seen the equally outstanding film, buy this book and read an author at the pinicle of his career. Mr Harris, I salute you.
If you are fortunate enough to not know anything about this book order it now and enjoy as I did and many millions of others have. If you have only seen the equally outstanding film, buy this book and read an author at the pinicle of his career. Mr Harris, I salute you.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am 15 and after reading this book can think of no other word to describe it other than this-phenomenal. Could hardly put it down, its so exciting with stories and characters that you really get involved with!!! You really REALLY want to know what happens and i could hardly stop myself from turning to the end just to find out what happens. WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!! READ IT-you don't know what you are missing!
Also, i havent seen the film, so.............if that sways your judgement in any way...........im happy to help!!!
I really hope there is going to be another one coming out after hannibal rising (that i am reading at the moment!!!!) I love it so much!
ALSO-dont be put off because i said i was 15, because occasionly even i am when i see someone has put that!
In conclusion, find yourself a free few weekends and weekday evening and read all of the hannibal books; you WONT be dissapointed!
Also, i havent seen the film, so.............if that sways your judgement in any way...........im happy to help!!!
I really hope there is going to be another one coming out after hannibal rising (that i am reading at the moment!!!!) I love it so much!
ALSO-dont be put off because i said i was 15, because occasionly even i am when i see someone has put that!
In conclusion, find yourself a free few weekends and weekday evening and read all of the hannibal books; you WONT be dissapointed!
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Brilliant
This book is so good my review isn't even required. It lives up to it's hype and more. Buy it, read it, everyone should.
Published 3 days ago by Ross 'The King' Drew
Sorry, But You've Just Got to Read It to Get Some of the Good Stuff
Thomas Harris's "The Silence of the Lambs," a bone-chilling thriller, was an immediate hit upon its 1988 publication. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Stephanie DePue
Unfortunately not as good as the film
This Contains Spoilers!
I had high hopes for this book. Like most people I watched the film ages ago and still rate it as one of my best all-timers. Read more
I had high hopes for this book. Like most people I watched the film ages ago and still rate it as one of my best all-timers. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Pollyanna Cutetickle
Really glad i read it at last
I had seen the trailers for the movie and thought oh no! and had always just ignored the book thinking it would be the same but my genre is murder/police/detective/serial killer... Read more
Published 12 months ago by ginariva
:)
I've loved the films to these and have always wanted to read the books so thanks a lot for haveing it and sending it in such good contdition :)
Published 16 months ago by MrsMustang
Gripping
Fantastic read. Characters are brilliantly portrayed though a gripping storyline. I'd previously read Hannibal, which I loved, but I think this is better still!
Published 17 months ago by Steve
Can you hear the lambs screaming Clarice?
A wonderful book and wonderful entertainment. One of the best thrillers of the late 20th century. Thomas Harris created a truly disturbing and ghoulish character of Dr Hannibal... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. Craig Henderson
The King of Thrillers!
Sublime, brilliant and scary. This is the thriller that hooks you exactly as the author wants. It really is as much about the psychological tension as anything else. Great.
Published 21 months ago by Freddie
BOOK AMAZING! FILM FLOPPED
this is my first ever review and maybe my last, here goes.
I saw the film when I was in my early teens and only excited by the guts, gore, thrills and chills without... Read more
I saw the film when I was in my early teens and only excited by the guts, gore, thrills and chills without... Read more
Published 23 months ago by this is my first ever review and maybe my last, here goes
The greatest killer-thriller of the 20th Century!
It's a chiller, it's a thriller, only thing is, it's not in Manila! Silence of the Lambs is a gripping read for all horror-crime goer's out there! Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2009 by Mrs. A. Jackson
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