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Hannibal

By: Thomas Harris
Narrated by: Thomas Harris
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Invite Hannibal Lecter into the palace of your mind and be invited into his mind palace in turn. Note the similarities in yours and his, the high vaulted chambers of your dreams, the shadowed halls, the locked storerooms where you dare not go, the scrap of half-forgotten music, the muffled cries from behind a wall.

In one of the most eagerly anticipated literary events of the decade, Thomas Harris takes us once again into the mind of a killer, crafting a chilling portrait of insidiously evolving evil - a tour de force of psychological suspense.

Seven years have passed since Dr. Hannibal Lecter escaped from custody, seven years since FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling interviewed him in a maximum security hospital for the criminally insane. The doctor is still at large, pursuing his own ineffable interests, savoring the scents, the essences of an unguarded world. But Starling has never forgotten her encounters with Dr. Lecter, and the metallic rasp of his seldom-used voice still sounds in her dreams. 

Mason Verger remembers Dr. Lecter, too, and is obsessed with revenge. He was Dr. Lecter's sixth victim, and he has survived to rule his own butcher's empire. From his respirator, Verger monitors every twitch in his worldwide web. Soon he sees that to draw the doctor, he must have the most exquisite and innocent-appearing bait; he must have what Dr. Lecter likes best. 

Powerful, hypnotic, utterly original, Hannibal is a dazzling feast for the imagination. Prepare to travel to hell and beyond as a master storyteller permanently alters the world you thought you knew. 

©1999 by Yazoo Fabrications Inc. (P)1999 Random House, Inc., Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.

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Brilliant a classic

If you are undecided about whether or not to buy this book you should look no further , Hannibal is a thrilling listen and the ending unsuspected through every twist and turn your attention is held fast

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chilling

I have read this a couple times before and I still have enjoyed the strange oddity of what the author in getting to. I have read Silence of the lambs and otothers and I truly am thrilled by the horror of the content as it is always good to think beyond the box of the normal mind

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Great story, bad narration!

Thomas Harrison does some brilliant work...but his narration is awful because he does a really bad Italian accent!! I could not put it down...like this one a lot.

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Abridged but seemless

The fault of this recording being abridged is more than compensated for by the reader. His intonation and native interpretation of his own work adds brings the story to profound depths of immersion which no film could ever achieve. You will still want to read the full version after listening to this book.

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great listen has everything a book should have

The characters come alive with Thomas reading his own words I feel like I am there

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Love Thomas Harris

I don't know what it is or how it works, but I love these books. Maybe it is the general theme that the folks that die deserve it in whatever twisted way fathomable or maybe I have a violent streak buried somewhere deep in my psyche. Sure would like another installment on this story. Thank you Mr. Harris.

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The Return of Hannibal~4 STARS~

PLOT: a disabled "patient" of Dr. Lecter is out for revenge.....

a former patient of Dr. Lecter (MASON) is spending the rest of his life on a respirator and "plotting" his revenge against Dr. Lecter. Mason who's twisted mind had him getting "therapy" from Dr. Lecter now is out to get settle the score with Lecter..... Mason is disabled in mind and body from Lecters "therapy".....Clarice Starling is used as the BAIT to help capture Lecter. Mason who is despised by everyone especially his sister. His twisted logic has him scheming a very demented revenge for Hannibal. But Clarice is drug into the plan and has both her career ended and yet has to help SAVE Lecter from a horrible fate. a good follow up from Silence of the Lambs. and it gives us even more details of Lecters twist logic and ablity to make an escape. I give it 4 STARS and even though it is very gory I was glued to the very end. VERY good reader too.

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Hannibal always get's his man!!!!

Agent Clarice Starling is on the ropes in this book. She has punches coming from all angles. The one person she can count on is Dr Lector but this time Hannibal is on the run from a long time patient from his past. The book is good but the movie was better this time!!!

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unabridged - pfft

i knew it was an unabridged version when i got it, but i had been watching the series on tv and said "how bad can it be" - well not horrible but you miss out on so much back story. i wont be buying unabridged again.

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What the F did I just read?

Would you try another book from Thomas Harris and/or Thomas Harris?

Yes. Enjoyed SIlence and Red Dragon

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The things that happen in this book makes me fear for Mr. Harris' sanity. And the sudden and completely out of character ending suffers from the abridged reading.

Have you listened to any of Thomas Harris’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Do you think Hannibal needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

From the things I've heard about Hannibal Rising, no.

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