Hannibal Rising
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Before he became the most terrifying villain in modern fiction, Hannibal Lecter was a child — and Hannibal Rising chronicles the harrowing origins of a monster, tracing the brutal wartime experiences that forged a boy of aristocratic grace into a calculating predator of unmatched intelligence. Set against the savage backdrop of World War II Lithuania and the cold streets of post-war Paris, Thomas Harris uncovers the psychological wounds that transformed young Hannibal into the iconic figure the world would come to fear — a man whose refined tastes and lethal precision are inseparable from the horrors he endured and ultimately chose to embrace. Harris constructs this origin story with the same chilling precision that made The Silence of the Lambs a cultural landmark, presenting a narrative that is as deeply psychological as it is viscerally suspenseful. The novel wrestles with themes of trauma, vengeance, and the seductive danger of moral surrender, asking how much of a monster is made rather than born. Readers who believe they know Hannibal Lecter will find that the most unsettling revelation of all is just how much they understand him.
Author: Thomas Harris
Format: Hardback
Published: 2006, William Heinemann Ltd
Genre: Thriller
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Before he became the most terrifying villain in modern fiction, Hannibal Lecter was a child — and Hannibal Rising chronicles the harrowing origins of a monster, tracing the brutal wartime experiences that forged a boy of aristocratic grace into a calculating predator of unmatched intelligence. Set against the savage backdrop of World War II Lithuania and the cold streets of post-war Paris, Thomas Harris uncovers the psychological wounds that transformed young Hannibal into the iconic figure the world would come to fear — a man whose refined tastes and lethal precision are inseparable from the horrors he endured and ultimately chose to embrace. Harris constructs this origin story with the same chilling precision that made The Silence of the Lambs a cultural landmark, presenting a narrative that is as deeply psychological as it is viscerally suspenseful. The novel wrestles with themes of trauma, vengeance, and the seductive danger of moral surrender, asking how much of a monster is made rather than born. Readers who believe they know Hannibal Lecter will find that the most unsettling revelation of all is just how much they understand him.