![]() ![]() Not Jack Crawford, the hard-ass section chief in charge of Behavioral Science-a man worn thin by both his struggles and his successes a man willing to send an untried trainee into the lion’s den but who at least stands by her to the last. ![]() There are a plethora of characters in this slim volume, and nary a one leaves readers unmoved. Even if you’ve read it (or seen the film) a hundred times, there’s still nothing quite like the tension you feel as you read about Clarice Starling’s persistence as she pieces clues together in Belvedere, Ohio and ultimately walks into the killer’s lair while her FBI elders are wasting time in Chicago.īut Thomas Harris’ real gift lies in his characters. The story itself would make an above-average thriller, and that’s to be expected coming as it does from a man who spent years as a crime reporter. ![]() I just finished rereading The Silence of the Lambs, one of my all-time favorites, and wrote a few things–not a review exactly–that I guess I’ll go ahead and post here.Īfter two or three years, without a memory like Hannibal’s, I had forgotten some of the details and nuances that make Silence of the Lambs such a masterpiece. ![]()
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