Hannibal Rising
Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. 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, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle’s beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki. Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal. With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France.
But Hannibal’s demons visit him and torment him. When he is old enough, he visits them in turn. He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death’s prodigy.
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Book details
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Publication date
- 2006
- Print length
- 338 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780099532958
Mystery + Thriller & Suspense + Thrillers
What to Know Before Reading Hannibal Rising
In 'Hannibal Rising', Thomas Harris unveils the origins of one of literature's most chilling characters, Hannibal Lecter. From his traumatic childhood in a Soviet orphanage to his transformation into a gifted medical student in France, the novel explores the dark influences that shape his psyche and lead him to embrace his deadly gifts.
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Thomas Harris
“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
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