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Hannibal Lecter Trilogy

Author: Thomas Harris
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

6 reviews
Sales Rank: 23889

Media: Paperback
Pages: 1232
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 2.1

ISBN: 0434009059
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780434009053
ASIN: 0434009059

Publication Date: November 3, 2005
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Hannibal Lecter Omnibus does exactly what it says on the tin--collects together the three classic thrillers by Thomas Harris' featuring the world's most distinguished serial killer Hannibal Lecter. The good doctor settles for a supporting role in the first book Red Dragon, assisting an FBI agent in tracking down a notorious murderer but his impact is still just as chilling. In The Silence of the Lambs, Lecter is enlisted by rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling to help her profile and track another dangerous killer. What starts out as a routine interview develops into an unnatural obsession between both Lecter and Starling--the book is as much about Starling's own mission as it is about the twisted fascination she holds for him, which in turn fuels his interest in her. Clarice and Starling are reunited again in Hannibal as the doctor, now living, but still killing, in Vienna, is hunted down by one of his surviving and horribly scarred victims. The limits of Starling and Lecter's relationship reach horrific and sickening levels in the much-debated climax. A bulky, but worthwhile collection showcasing the most imaginative image of evil personified in modern fiction. --Jonathan Weir

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1 out of 5 stars

rotten January 31, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful

appalling story

was the biggest waste of time i have ever.. well wasted

do not buy!!!

5 out of 5 stars

Has Jonathan Weir even read Hannibal before writing the review? January 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

The Hannibal Lecter trilogy makes an amazing read. It is markedly different from any other so-called spine-chilling page turners. This may be due to the artistic elegance of the book, cultural references, aesthetization of evil, and the controversial figure of Hannibal Lecter. The first part of Hannibal is set in Florence and a whole range of cultural references, places, spaces (Duomo, view from the Belvedere - you know Florence? Dr Lecter asked Clarice in the asylum 10 years ago) are closely linked to Italy and FLORENCE, AND NOT VIENNA. So how can Jonathan Weir in Amazon.co.uk review be so grossly inaccurate by saying that "...in Hannibal as the doctor, now living, but still killing, in Vienna..." (sic)??? How can you miss on the whole Florence/Palazzo Cappone/studiolo/Dante world that are central to understanding many of the events described in the book?? Because the reviewer did not bother to read it in the first place!!!

5 out of 5 stars

I WANT LIVER AND FAVA BEANS WITH A NICE BOTTLE OF CARLING December 5, 2006
0 out of 6 found this review helpful

An assential buy people. Buy this bumper book of Gems and you will never regret it. Dont dismiss MR. lecter because you have seen the movies, otherwise your missing out on the brilliance of MR.Harris's creation. The only problem being is that you cant read any Hannibal book without Anthony Hopkins and jodie foster. Oh well..
GET IT

5 out of 5 stars

best of the genre October 8, 2003
16 out of 18 found this review helpful

I deeply mean it when I say that this trilogy is the best in its genre. What that genre is, I don't think anyone can say. horror / thriller would be the obvious answer from those who have only seen the films. But Harris put so much in to the books that the films neglected, which changed the story a lot. Possibly the most frustrating is how the films portrayed Hannibal as evil for evils sake, whereas in the books he was a victim of morals, an engine of reaction to the evil world around him. I personally have always seen the trilogy (more so in each subsequent book) partly as a love story. It also has elements of the detective novel. Enriched with history and culture, occasionally simple philosophy, tragedy, revenge.. it really is so multifaceted that it defies categorisation, and good for it! I for one have had enough of the same old books re-written in a different setting by a different person.
There are two things that *made* this book for me, the first and arguably most impressive is Harris' ability to express passion, colour and a flamboyance lacking from his contemporaries. But he does this while keeping highfalutin language to a total minimum. As a writer myself, I know that its often tempting to pelt the reader with words that almost hog a line to themselves and leave them fumbling with their dictionaries on every line. Harris never does this. He understands perfectly that the ability to express yourself vibrantly and eloquently while keeping the reader engaged is the key to writing for the modern day masses. The other amazing thing about Harris is his amazing ability to give birth to the most believable but colourful characters. The trilogy has a wealth of characters, nearly all of whom play a part in the story and leave you feeling a completeness, as there are very few loose ends and unanswered questions to Harris' masterpiece (if any).
If this trilogy wasn't split in to chapters, you would be forced to read it all in one sitting as you would never be able to find a place to finish. There are no dry points in the plot. A modern day classic, written for everyone to appreciate on whatever their level is. No matter what your level is.

5 out of 5 stars

Illustrious and Brilliant February 22, 2003
8 out of 11 found this review helpful

The follow up to Silence Of The Lambs was - wrongfully so in my opinion - one which was disliked by critics throughout the land. Reading the book myself I found a sheer splendour in its writing style. Rich and picturesque. Harris does a fine job of deftly switching a reader's mind from the bustling competitively industrial Washington to the historical beauty of Florence in the turn of a page.
It helps to create a fine sense of cultural and lifestyle contrast between the two main characters in the book, Dr Hannibal Lecter and Special Agent Clarice Starling. Harris does a fine job of showing the reader that blood is easily washed away in Florence, whereas in Washington it's washed all the way onto a Newspaper. When the symbols of the two cities meet it gives a fine sense that these oppisite dimensions of the earth are intrusive of eachother. That the investigations of Clarice Starling and the murderous appetite of Hannibal Lecter each create a sense of entropy, which the conscience, psychology and culture of the book so beautifully overlap. Much like the minds and actions of the lead characters. Underpin this with a typically tense set of chapters from Thomas Harris and the marvellous fictional creation that is Hannibal Lecter and you realise you've hit upon a book that has successfully managed to resonnate with as many emotional and political issues as The Silence Of The Lambs did all those years ago.
Unusually for its genre, Hannibal also approaches the realms of Science (courtesy of Steven Hawkins) to add a sense of realism and tangibility to the metaphor of the stories being told. Yet it manages to do this in a Philosophical & Theoretical way.
It's a shame, then, that the film didn't manage to convey all of this quite so well.