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Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
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Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris shows us Hannibal Lecter as he becomes the most frightening man in the world. On the Eastern Front of World War II, a brilliant orphaned child is left with demons lurking in the chambers of his memory, gouging him with fragments of a hideous past. To achieve a kind of peace, Hannibal must confront these demons in the flesh and hunt them down. Amidst this darkness, a beautiful and exotic woman takes him to her heart, using every weapon at her command to save him and stem the terrible forces unleashed by his first taste of blood. Hannibal Rising is the "smoothly" told origin of the pre-eminent fictional bogeyman of our time, revealing how a traumatized boy was forged into a monster.
Why You’ll Love This Book
Harris takes us to the starving forests of Lithuania to explain the origin of a monster. By rooting the cannibal's beginnings in the collapse of the Eastern Front, the novel transforms a sophisticated villain into a product of war’s absolute depravity. It is a cold, stylized study of how trauma can be honed into a surgical blade, proving that the most terrifying figures aren't born—they are forged in the heat of human cruelty.
Book Details
Book Details
ISBN: 9780440242864
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Publisher: Dell
Pages: 368
Author:
- Thomas Harris
Language: English
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