Hannibal

“A STUNNER … writing in language as bright and precise as a surgeon’s scalpel, Harris has created a world as mysterious as Hannibal’s memory palace and as disturbing as a Goya painting. This is one book you don’t want to read alone at night.”

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THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

“RELENTLESS … ENDLESSLY TERRIFYING … 486 fast-paced pages, in which every respite is but a prelude to further furious action …
Hannibal
begins with a murderous paroxysm that leaves the reader breathless….
Hannibal
speaks to the imagination, to the feelings, to the passions, to exalted senses and to debased ones. Harris’s voice will be heard for a while.”

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LOS ANGELES TIMES

“A WORK OF ART … You’ll eat up
Hannibal…
. There isn’t a wasted word … the last 100 pages are the best I’ve ever read in the thriller genre.”

—
Larry King
,
USA TODAY

“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
. … It is a pleasure to reply in the negative. No, not as good. This one is better. It is, in fact, ONE OF THE TWO MOST FRIGHTENING POPULAR NOVELS OF OUR TIME, the other being
The Exorcist…. Hannibal
is really not a sequel at all, but rather the third and most satisfying part of one very long and scary ride through the haunted palace of abnormal psychiatry…
Hannibal
is a full-out unabashed horror novel…. I hope with all my heart that [Harris] will write again, and sooner rather than later—novels that bravely and cleverly erase the line between popular fiction and literature are very much to be prized.”

—
Stephen King
,
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“DELICIOUSLY FRIGHTENING.”

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NEWSDAY

“A TRULY SCARY BOOK … Harris writes with authority and a knack for detail, creating some memorably creepy scenes.”

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PEOPLE

“GOTHIC, FANTASTIC … FULL OF WONDERFUL TOUCHES.”

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INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE

“A TRIUMPH of straightforward, smart prose. Not a word is wasted, not a thought is irrelevant. Harris is a master, and in
Hannibal
he reached, he stretched, and once again, he grabbed the prize.”

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DAYTON DAILY NEWS

“A pleasurable sense of dread.”

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

“CHILLING …
HANNIBAL
IS SCARY, SOMETIMES UNENDURINGLY SO … you hardly mark the moment when an entertaining novel becomes literature … a bizarre book, indeed, but enthrallingly so.”

—
DAILY NEWS
(
New York
)

“A magnificently gory page-turner.”

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DETROIT NEWS

“The book takes off … into the stratosphere of fantasy, into Hannibal Lecter’s private world… A GRAND GUIGNOL ROMP … Yet there’s still a
basso ostinato
of serious questions, and the answers are darker than in
Silence.”

—
THE NATION

“ALWAYS MESMERIZING … BRILLIANT, BIZARRE, AND ABSURD … This is a post-suspense novel, as much sardonic philosophical jest as Grand Guignol thriller…. Although renowned for his mastery of suspense, terror and dread, Harris saturates these pages with a surprising elixir: a fierce irony.”

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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“GRIPPING … A PAGE-TURNING MARVEL … AN INGENIOUS PLOT … Harris writes wonderfully here, with elegant poetic rhythms and much striking imagery.”

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MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL

“DIABOLICALLY CLEVER … Harris serves up a feast in
Hannibal…
. He writes like an angel with the devil’s sense of humor…. The hypnotic blend of horror story and psychological thriller lifts crime fiction to sublime….
Hannibal
is ghoulishly good fare.”

—
BOSTON HERALD

“A PAGE-TURNER … Harris works some surprising twists … [he] paces the action well.”

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HOUSTON CHRONICLE

“A delightfully perverse book … Harris is still one of America’s best, most daring pop writers.”

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TIME OUT NEW YORK

“[A] DEVILISH TALE … EERILY REALISTIC AND CHILLINGLY VIVID FROM BEGINNING TO END. As Harris sketches his hideous scenarios, he allows us to color them in with our imaginations. But not overdoing it, he draws us in, practically making us conspirators in his macabre fantasy.”

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NEW YORK POST

“ENORMOUSLY SATISFYING … a smashing good time, turning the pages for thrills, chills, horror and finally, a bracing, deliciously wicked slap in the face … perhaps the very best the thriller/horror genre is capable of producing.”

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SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE

“VERY ENTERTAINING.”

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NEWSWEEK

“It was worth waiting 11 years … Vivid details and crisp dialogue … Brilliantly intertwined and absolutely, unbelievably violent. It’s horrifying and breathtaking and so beautifully written that you’ll be tempted to read it in one sitting…. Harris has succeeded on every level with
Hannibal…
. We’re very much a part of the action, from first page until the last breathtaking chapter. The conclusion is one of the most startling I have ever read; it will knock your socks off.”

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THE KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL

“[A] PAGE-TURNER … I have read every word of
Hannibal
, most of them only twice, but some as many as five or six times.”

—
NEW YORK