The Silence Of The Lambs
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: bce
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
A young FBI trainee. A imprisoned genius with a taste for human flesh. A serial killer who sews suits from his victims' skin. Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is a masterwork of psychological suspense that plunges readers into the darkest corridors of the human mind. Clarice Starling, a sharp and determined recruit at the FBI Academy, is dispatched to interview the brilliant but monstrous Dr. Hannibal Lecter — a forensic psychiatrist turned cannibal — in the hope that his twisted insight will help catch another killer on the loose: Buffalo Bill, a predator who targets women and harvests their skin. Harris constructs a narrative of almost unbearable tension, weaving together a cat-and-mouse psychological duel with a race-against-time manhunt that is as intellectually rigorous as it is viscerally chilling. The novel is celebrated for its richly drawn characters, particularly the complex, almost symbiotic relationship between Starling and Lecter — a dynamic that elevates the story far beyond conventional genre fiction into the realm of genuine literary achievement. Winner of multiple awards and the basis for the iconic Academy Award-winning film, this William Heinemann London edition is a prized piece of crime fiction history that will leave you sleeping with the lights on.
Author: Thomas Harris
Format: Hardback
Published: 1989, William Heinemann
Genre: Thriller
Edition: bce
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
A young FBI trainee. A imprisoned genius with a taste for human flesh. A serial killer who sews suits from his victims' skin. Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is a masterwork of psychological suspense that plunges readers into the darkest corridors of the human mind. Clarice Starling, a sharp and determined recruit at the FBI Academy, is dispatched to interview the brilliant but monstrous Dr. Hannibal Lecter — a forensic psychiatrist turned cannibal — in the hope that his twisted insight will help catch another killer on the loose: Buffalo Bill, a predator who targets women and harvests their skin. Harris constructs a narrative of almost unbearable tension, weaving together a cat-and-mouse psychological duel with a race-against-time manhunt that is as intellectually rigorous as it is viscerally chilling. The novel is celebrated for its richly drawn characters, particularly the complex, almost symbiotic relationship between Starling and Lecter — a dynamic that elevates the story far beyond conventional genre fiction into the realm of genuine literary achievement. Winner of multiple awards and the basis for the iconic Academy Award-winning film, this William Heinemann London edition is a prized piece of crime fiction history that will leave you sleeping with the lights on.