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Hannibal Rising

byThomas Harris

Who is this book for? Readers interested in psychological thrillers and character studies.

Topics Psychological traumaWorld war iiHuman cannibalismSuspense fictionThrillerPsychological fictionSerial murderersCannibalismHannibal lecter (fictitious character)EspionagePsychological TraumaSurvivalEvolution of Evil
MoodDark, Suspenseful
ViolenceGraphic/Explicit
HANNIBAL LECTER WASN'T BORN A MONSTER.HE WAS MADE ONE.Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front of World War II, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He will not speak of what happened to him and his family. 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. There, Hannibal lives with his uncle and his uncle's beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki, who helps him to heal - and flourish.But Hannibal's demons are not so easily defeated. Throughout his young life, they visit him and torment him. When he is old enough, he visits them in turn - and in the fog of traumatic memory, he discovers that he has gifts far beyond what he imagined...

Language

en

Published on

05/07/2009

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780099532958

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