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Hannibal

Hannibal

CrimeHorror
Pages
546
Published
1999
Language
English

Synopsis

Seven years after his escape, Dr. Hannibal Lecter is living a quiet life in Florence, but his past is catching up with him. Mason Verger, a former victim who survived a horrific encounter, is using his vast wealth to hunt the doctor down for a slow and painful revenge. Meanwhile, disgraced FBI agent Clarice Starling finds herself drawn back into Lecter's orbit as the hunter and the hunted begin a dangerous game across two continents.

Prose complexity
7/10

Collected in

Book cover of The Hannibal Lecter Omnibus
The Hannibal Lecter Omnibus

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Genres

Crime Horror Psychological Thriller Suspense Thriller Amateur Sleuth Literary Fiction Mystery Body Horror

About the author

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Thomas Harris

Thomas Harris is an American novelist born in Jackson, Tennessee, who grew up in Rich, Mississippi. He graduated from Baylor University in 1964, worked as a crime reporter for the Waco Tribune-Herald and then for the Associated Press in New York, and published his debut thriller Black Sunday in 1975. He is best known for the Hannibal Lecter novels: Red Dragon (1981), The Silence of the Lambs (1988), Hannibal (1999) and Hannibal Rising (2006). His most recent novel is Cari Mora (2019). The series...

Characters

Dr. Hannibal LecterProtagonist
Clarice StarlingProtagonist
All characters in Hannibal

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Hannibal a standalone novel?

    This novel continues the story of characters introduced in The Silence of the Lambs, and reading that book first will provide essential context for the relationships and events depicted.

  • Is there a film adaptation of Hannibal?

    A film adaptation of Hannibal was released in 2001, starring Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter and Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling. It largely follows the book's plot.

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