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
Registered by nordie of Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on 11/22/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by nordie from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, November 22, 2008
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
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 nordie at Hudson's, 122-124 Colmore Row in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, February 28, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (2/28/2009 UTC) at Hudson's, 122-124 Colmore Row in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
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At the meet
At the meet
Journal Entry 3 by Hudsons-Bham from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, February 28, 2009
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Journal Entry 4 by Hudsons-Bham from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, March 28, 2009
This is no longer on the OBCZ shelf. Marking the book as travelling, pending a journal entry, in case anyone goes to look for it in the meantime.
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Picked this up at the BC meet in Birmingham yesterday.
Journal Entry 6 by veganbob at The Boathouse pub in Shrewsbury, Shropshire United Kingdom on Friday, April 3, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (4/4/2009 UTC) at The Boathouse pub in Shrewsbury, Shropshire United Kingdom
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To be taken to the BC meet tomorrow.
To be taken to the BC meet tomorrow.
Journal Entry 7 by LyzzyBee at -- Somewhere in Shrewsbury in Shrewsbury, Shropshire United Kingdom on Saturday, April 4, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (4/4/2009 UTC) at -- Somewhere in Shrewsbury in Shrewsbury, Shropshire United Kingdom
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Left over after the meetup today at the Boathouse pub.
Released at the train station on platform 5.
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Left over after the meetup today at the Boathouse pub.
Released at the train station on platform 5.
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