The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0749309423 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0749309423 Global Overview for this book
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The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris, is even better than the successful movie. Like his earlier Red Dragon, the book takes us inside the world of professional criminal investigation. All the elements of a well-executed thriller are working here--driving suspense, compelling characters, inside information, publicity-hungry bureaucrats thwarting the search, and the clock ticking relentlessly down toward the death of another young woman. What enriches this well-told tale is the opportunity to live inside the minds of both the crime fighters and the criminals as each struggles in a prison of pain and seeks, sometimes violently, relief.
Clarice Starling, a precociously self-disciplined FBI trainee, is dispatched by her boss, Section Chief Jack Crawford, the FBI's most successful tracker of serial killers, to see whether she can learn anything useful from Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter's a gifted psychopath whose nickname is "The Cannibal" because he likes to eat parts of his victims. Isolated by his crimes from all physical contact with the human race, he plays an enigmatic game of "Clue" with Starling, providing her with snippets of data that, if she is smart enough, will lead her to the criminal. Undaunted, she goes where the data takes her. As the tension mounts and the bureaucracy thwarts Starling at every turn, Crawford tells her, "Keep the information and freeze the feelings." Insulted, betrayed, and humiliated, Starling struggles to focus. If she can understand Lecter's final, ambiguous scrawl, she can find the killer. But can she figure it out in time? --Barbara Schlieper
The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris, is even better than the successful movie. Like his earlier Red Dragon, the book takes us inside the world of professional criminal investigation. All the elements of a well-executed thriller are working here--driving suspense, compelling characters, inside information, publicity-hungry bureaucrats thwarting the search, and the clock ticking relentlessly down toward the death of another young woman. What enriches this well-told tale is the opportunity to live inside the minds of both the crime fighters and the criminals as each struggles in a prison of pain and seeks, sometimes violently, relief.
Clarice Starling, a precociously self-disciplined FBI trainee, is dispatched by her boss, Section Chief Jack Crawford, the FBI's most successful tracker of serial killers, to see whether she can learn anything useful from Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter's a gifted psychopath whose nickname is "The Cannibal" because he likes to eat parts of his victims. Isolated by his crimes from all physical contact with the human race, he plays an enigmatic game of "Clue" with Starling, providing her with snippets of data that, if she is smart enough, will lead her to the criminal. Undaunted, she goes where the data takes her. As the tension mounts and the bureaucracy thwarts Starling at every turn, Crawford tells her, "Keep the information and freeze the feelings." Insulted, betrayed, and humiliated, Starling struggles to focus. If she can understand Lecter's final, ambiguous scrawl, she can find the killer. But can she figure it out in time? --Barbara Schlieper
Journal Entry 2 by GlitterLover at RABCK in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (5/2/2007 UTC) at RABCK in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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Posted for the BCUK sweepstake. Happy BXing
Posted for the BCUK sweepstake. Happy BXing
Thank you, GlitterLover; now, where did you get that name?
Journal Entry 4 by Cross-patch at West Bridgford Farmers' Market in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Saturday, May 12, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (5/12/2007 UTC) at West Bridgford Farmers' Market in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
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on the counter at Brockleby's stall - a purveyor of very fine lamb!
on the counter at Brockleby's stall - a purveyor of very fine lamb!
Given to me by my son in law, who had it left on his market stall. At the moment I don't get time to read as much as I would like to, and don't fancy this book anyway, so I will find somebody suitable to hand it on to>>>>.
CAUGHT IN MELTON MOWBRAY LEICESTERSHIRE UK
CAUGHT IN MELTON MOWBRAY LEICESTERSHIRE UK