![]() Sequels are usually lame ducks, poor things that are unable to keep up with their predecessors. It is, in fact, one of the two most frightening popular novels of our time, the other being The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty. It is a pleasure to reply in the negative. 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. “…for those who like what Harris can do so brilliantly, no book report is required. agent (‘cornpone, but with a little taste’), and Hannibal Lecter, the great fictional monster of our time. Surely that would suffice for Thomas Harris’s fans, who have waited 11 years for the rematch between Clarice Starling, intrepid F.B.I. The worst thing I could do is summarize this novel in any detail, and were I the book’s editor, I would argue very strongly for flap copy consisting of only three words: ![]() And what is true of gourmet meals and cannibal feasts is equally true of the suspense novel: knowing too much beforehand spoils the surprise. ![]()
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