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Hannibal

Hannibal Lecter, Book 3

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Hannibal

By: Thomas Harris
Narrated by: Daniel Gerroll
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'It is an axiom of behavioural science that vampires are territorial while cannibals range widely.'

Hannibal killed nine people before he was caught. And five on his escape. Two of his victims survived - one of them is in an asylum; but the other craves revenge.

Mason Verger, a paraplegic confined to a respirator since his encounter with Dr Lecter, can move only the fingers of his crippled right hand across the soft blanket that covers his lifeless body. But Verger is very rich and very influential, and his reach extends into the echelons of power around the world.

His need to find Lecter is insatiable. In Clarice Starling he has the perfect bait. As gripping and terrifying as any reader or listener of Silence of the Lambs would expect. Simply unforgettable.

©1999 Thomas Harris (P)2009 Random House Audio Action & Adventure Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Exciting Scary

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Love Thomas Harris. And this is worthy of his few novels, but have to say this audiobook is spoiled somewhat by one of the characters performances.. Anybody who knows the story will know the character in question (Mason Verger) where the performance demands a verbal affliction.. He also happens to be a major character. The performance is so affected it's hard to understand! It's too much! Otherwise, a. Good listen albeit with a bizarre ending.

Needs subtitles!

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I love the character. Red Dragon is a perfect example of the genre. Silence of the Lambs has maybe a slightly less interesting protagonist. Hannibal borders of self indulgent, particularly the scenes in Florence. As Harris says about the Doctor, "he won't deny himself". It's almost as if Harris is talking about himself instead. It does peak when all the major players are in orbit, but that ending...I can't decide if it horrified me because it was meant to or because it's awful. Left a bad taste in the mouth at any rate. The narrator commits to Mason but given the medium it's actually hard at times to follow, and his Barney is, well, odd. And to be honest this reading of Hannibal is a little too Anthony Hopkins for my liking.

If you can get past Florence, it picks up but be prepared for the finale. The TV show does it far better.

Hmmmm

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Very good story which rounds off the tale of Lecter and Starling in a far more satisfactory way than the film which was based on this novel. The only thing stopping this being a 5 star review was the narration. It is clear that the narrator is very skilled at using varing accents to bring the characters to life, however on occasion he reads very fast which can make the dialogue slightly hard to follow. As well as this, he slightly over does one of the characters speech impedements (I won't say too much incase I spoil the narritive), to the point where his dialogue is near incomprehencable. Other than that, a fantastic audio book!

Nearly a 5* review, but......

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Probably the most well written of the 3 books, I can see why people took issue with the ending. Not my favourite ending but it doesn’t impact how compelling this story is

Great story not sure about the ending

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Masons voice is completely unintelligible. What on earth was the narrator and producer thinking letting this go through ?

Masons voice is ridiculous

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