Book Preview The Silence of the Lambsr The Silence of the Lambsr To the memory of my father. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage hit me, if the dead rise not? Corinthians Need I look upon a death’s head in a ring, that have one in … Read more
Book Preview “The best popular novel to be published in America since The Godfather.” “A chilling, tautly written, and well-realized psychological thriller.”—Saturday Review “Irresistible . . . A shattering thriller . . . Readers should buckle themselves in for a long night’s read because from the first pages . . . Harris grabs hold.” “The … Read more
Book Preview BeforeHANNIBAL BeforeTHE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS BeforeRED DRAGON … Human scavengers, the savage hyenas of war, prowled the Eastern Front. This child survived them. He stands in the snow, utterly alone before the advancing tanks, bullets kicking up the snow around him. The landscape of his mind is stranger than the blasted and … Read more
Book Preview “A STUNNER … writing in language as bright and precise as a surgeon’s scalpel, Harris has created a world as mysterious as Hannibal’s memory palace and as disturbing as a Goya painting. This is one book you don’t want to read alone at night.” —THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION “RELENTLESS … ENDLESSLY TERRIFYING … 486 … Read more
Book Preview Thomas Harris is the author of five novels and is perhaps best known for his character Hannibal Lecter. All of his books have been made into films, including most notably the multiple Oscar winner, The Silence of the Lambs. Harris began his writing career covering crime in the United States and Mexico, and … Read more