Hannibal Rising - Hardcover

Pty Ltd, Hinkler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434014087 ISBN 13: 9780434014088

Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

He is one of the most haunting characters in all of literature. At last, the evolution of his evil is revealed. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him. Hannibal's uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle's beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki. Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal.With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France. But Hannibal's demons visit him and torment him.When he is old enough, he visits them in turn. He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death's prodigy.

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From the Back Cover

Praise for Thomas Harris

HANNIBAL

A masterpiece Chillingly brilliant Observer

Quite simply a compelling and brilliant thriller. Daily Mirror

The thrills, horror, sly erudition and sheer exquisite writing make this so much more than another serial killer novel... [It] reaches almost sublime levels of gothic grandeur at its conclusion. If only all bestsellers were so rewarding. Guardian

This is the best-written thriller to dominate the market in years in the wit, erudition and sheer style of the eponymous Dr Lecter, we have not only a world-class villain but a literary evocation of the diabolical to compare with Goethe and Gogol. Honestly The Times

The readers who have been waiting for Hannibal only want to know if it is as good as Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs It is a pleasure to reply in the negative. No, not as good. This one is better. Stephen King

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Utterly gripping Independent

A virtual textbook on the craft of suspense. A masterwork of sheer momentum that rockets seamlessly towards its climax Harris is quite simply the best suspense novelist working today. Washington Post

From the Inside Flap

HE IS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING CHARACTERS IN ALL OF LITERATURE.

AT LAST THE EVOLUTION OF HIS EVIL IS REVEALED.

Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck.

He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him.

Hannibal s uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle s beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki.

Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal.With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France.

But Hannibal s demons visit him and torment him.When he is old enough, he visits them in turn.

He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death s prodigy

Edition details

• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0434014087
• ISBN 13: 9780434014088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 337