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by Thomas Harris (Author)
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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (18 May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099297701
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099297703
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (152 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 64,150 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Hannibal. Dr Hannibal Lecter. "A brief silence follows the name, always, in any civilized gathering," wrote Thomas Harris at the beginning of his stunning The Silence of the Lambs in 1988. You don't want him in your head, you don't want you in his head. Now, a decade later, Lecter is back--ready to take up his place as one of the cult figures of contemporary fiction. Almost a modern myth, in fact, if the scale, and thrill, of the publication of Hannibal is anything to go by. Harris's book is "news": not only "book news" but "real" news, one of the biggest publishing events of the decade in terms of print run (one million copies worldwide), film rights (Hollywood has paid six million dollars for the book: Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore will star) and cultural cachet.

The serial killer--like his counterpart, the psychologist-profiler--is a figure for our times; "In the contemporary mind," as one psychoanalyst, Christopher Bollas, has put it, "the serial killer is the statement of evil". Psychiatrist and killer, Lecter gives a peculiar twist to that evil (and Harris has always been interested in the precarious division between killer and cure). In Red Dragon, published in 1981, Will Graham was one of the first of the fictional profilers thinking and feeling his way into the minds of the killers he pursued. Behind bars, Lecter was a charged, but compelling, presence--an enigma who promised to be a key to psychopathic crime if only someone were genius enough to understand him. Jack Crawford tried, and then Clarice Starling. Now, as if in response to those who wanted to know more, comes Hannibal, a novel which constantly threatens to bring Lecter to life through its (sometimes grisly) pages. "Dr. Hannibal Lecter's fingerprint card is a curiosity and something of a cult object": Harris is the one who knows, who has "been there", and takes his readers into Lecter's world of curious courtesy and exquisite taste, sickening cruelty and loving murder. Both Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs were masterpieces of plot and suspense; though complex and plotted, this is rather more "Hannibal's book": no-one who wants to know, and suffer with, Lecter--his past victims, his past life, his strange feelings for Starling--can miss this brilliant piece of mythmaking. --Vicky Lebeau

Peter Millar, The Times
‘Worth the wait… Harris’s writing bears the hallmarks of honed perfection…look no further for the chiller of the year’

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A big Thomas Harris fan who feels very let down., 20 Nov 2002
By A Customer
I awaited the release of this book with great anticipation. Every time we reached another Christmas or Birthday, I would head to the book store to see if the next Thomas Harris book was ready for my perusal. I'm sorry to say that I was very disappointed.

It appeared from the outset that Harris was writing this book not for his fanatical readers... but only in anticipation of a big budget movie. Harris's impeccable writing style made it easy to clearly see the movie sets and imagine those points when the actors would have their big "moment"... but in return the story failed (for me, at least). Most importantly, I simply could not buy the ending. I felt that it betrayed the original characters and strayed too far from the original atmosphere of the first books... I don't want to give away the end of the book, but I could never believe the way that the relationship between the two leads developed. The only thing that kept me going to the end was the still enticing prose that Harris manages to conjure.

Please, read all the Thomas Harris books... he is simply marvellous. I even believe that you SHOULD read this one... and find out for yourself if you agree with me.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A sick love story, 8 Dec 2005
By Mr. Warren M. Fisher (East Grinstead, West Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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HANNIBAL is a contentious book with an even more contentious ending. The debate amongst readers and critics continues to this day. Yes this isn't as good as RED DRAGON, but about on a par with THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. The prose here is more reflective than the propulsive preceding books, the chase replaced by mediation. Starling remains a slightly tedious character (why not bring back Will Graham, Mr Harris) although she is more interestingly flawed than she was in SILENCE, and Hannibal himself suffers when granted the centre stage (he was more interesting in small doses). Humanising him is an interesting move by Harris, but it is ultimately self-defeating. Mason Verger though is a deliciously monstrous creation. Harris does continue his exploration of evil, but this is chiefly a love story, albeit a slightly sick love story. Which brings us to the ending. To dismiss (or rewrite as in the poor movie version of the novel) the ending is to misunderstand the whole book.400 odd pages build to this one ending, to dismiss it is to render the whole work redundant.

HANNIBAL is beautifully written, and Harris continues to conjure with some heady ideas, and only suffers in comparison to Harris's earlier work. A flawed, but fascinating addition to the thriller genre.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Two out of three ain't bad - but full marks to Mr. Harris!, 30 Nov 2005
By A Customer
Ok, ‘Hannibal’ has been hailed the worst of the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, but I am here to disagree. It is just a slightly different genre, and may not appeal to all you pyscho lovers out there! It is nowhere near as thrilling as the first two books (‘Red Dragon’ and ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’ for all you Hannibal virgins out there!) however; I think it is the most essential. After reading the first instalments, I wanted to find out more about Dr. Lecter himself, and not just focus on another hero/heroine that saves the American public from an evil serial killer. Don’t get me wrong, ‘Red Dragon’ and ‘Silence’ are quite possibly the best novels of the century, and subsequently great films, but they do not capture my imagination as thoroughly as the third of the series. If you have seen the movie version of ‘Hannibal’, do not be discouraged. Surprisingly I found the film terrible as it did not incorporate the most important aspects of the plot (and changed the ending, which was vital to the storyline).
I absolutely loved how Thomas Harris delved into the character of Hannibal, and gave us a taster of his history. I also love how this scarily intelligent and eloquent doctor actually has the views of a 5-year old (see Mischa and Clarice). After ‘Silence’ I was eager to find out what Hannibal actually felt about Clarice, and it is all answered in this book (I LOVE the ending!). It emphasises the characters more than a murderous plot, as seen in the previous two, which I felt gave more depth to the novel and made it so much more interesting. However, the best part of this book is how Harris encourages and builds a relationship between the reader and Dr. Lecter, and by the end I found myself actually liking the vile serial killer! Then I started thinking, what is so bad about eating people anyway?!
(Disclaimer – I am a vegetarian!!!)
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Conclusion
Having read the three other books by Harris (including Hannibal Rising, Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs) I was looking forward to reading this last instalment. Read more
Published 3 months ago by C. Valcin

3.0 out of 5 stars Others were better
I read Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs and thought they were fantastic and I couldn't wait to read Hannibal. I have seen the films but the book present so much more. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mrs. S. Payne

3.0 out of 5 stars A Superb Study
Thomas Harris's 'Hannibal' is suspense at its finest. Harris is able to capture a 'sense of the sinister' with precision and textual economy, sustaining the mood throughout the... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Phil O'Pastry

3.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Lector's mind
I've never been one for mysteries, but I picked up this one, because I had seen Silence of the Lambs. I loved the character's. Here we see the insight of the Doctor's mind. Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. A. Ramos

1.0 out of 5 stars Yawn, maybe the film is better
I read 'the silence of the lambs' and 'red dragon' before the films but may as well not have bothered with this one. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Scary Biscuits

3.0 out of 5 stars It is different.
I really loved the first two novels of the Hannibal Lecter series. Red Dragon was absolutely fantastic, with a great set of characters and a wonderful plot. Read more
Published 23 months ago by L. Embling

3.0 out of 5 stars Left its spark in that cell
First of all I want to make something clear; I've read the other books, I didn't just read 'Hannibal' having seen the movie 'Silence of the Lambs', so I have decided to review... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Sam Anders

1.0 out of 5 stars Monotonous
I read this book a few years back and would have to say the portrayal of Lector was a bit drab in comparison to Silence of the Lambs. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2007 by W. Chau

4.0 out of 5 stars i loved it!
i'm sorry to say that yes i really did love this book. I love the character of Dr Lecter and in this book we see another side to him, other than the monster, and begin to... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2007 by Bookworm

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring
This was utterly boring. I got to page 200, and quit, having lost patiece with the dull plot and poor writing quality. Read more
Published on 13 Jul 2006 by xenofan

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