The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter)
von Thomas Harris
An ingenious, masterfully written novel, Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling and the basis for the Oscar award-winning horror film starring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter.A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname―Buffalo Bill―is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter's insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill.Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. His cryptic clues―about Buffalo Bill and about her―launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling.
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The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter)
von Thomas Harris
An ingenious, masterfully written novel, Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling and the basis for the Oscar award-winning horror film starring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter.A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname―Buffalo Bill―is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter's insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill.Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. His cryptic clues―about Buffalo Bill and about her―launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(1)
Rezension von Carlos R. DiazThis is the second book I've read written by the novelist Thomas Harris after "Red Dragon," (1981) the novel that introduced his deliciously evil character Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Truth be told, I saw the film adaptation when I was an 11-year-old boy, circa February 1991. It took me a score and a decade to finally read the original source material. As always, there were differences, which I didn't mind and enjoyed learning about, especially Doctor Lecter's sixth digit and the dark backstory of Jame Gumb. I really like the writing style of Harris's prose. Some of the verbiage is dated, especially after seen through the prism of the #MeToo movement. Yet, he writes good characters and gives them interesting things to say. I'm pleased that screenwriter Ted Tally kept a lot of the same dialogue from the book when he adapted the novel into the Oscar-winning movie of the same name. Jack Crawford's character was more fleshed out in the book, which is good. Notwithstanding, this narrative belongs to Clarice Starling and Doctor Lecter and their delicate dance of wits. It's a joy seeing them battle each other and the story is better for their struggle to empathize with one other. Please read this great book yesterday!