Black Sunday - Thomas Harris

Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris

utterly without reason. By finding out his past, wouldn’t some of the mystery surrounding him be stripped away and the character actually become less interesting? It appears that author Thomas Harris shares these concerns and doesn’t actually reveal a great deal more about Lecter than we already knew. Depending on your point of view, you will either find this a relief (in which case you will enjoy the book) or annoying (in which case you won’t). Certainly, we find out about his past and about how his keen intellect was developed and even why he became so apparently cold and emotionless. However, these ideas are never fully developed and are always dealt with on a very ...

Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris

utterly without reason. By finding out his past, wouldn’t some of the mystery surrounding him be stripped away and the character actually become less interesting? It appears that author Thomas Harris shares these concerns and doesn’t actually reveal a great deal more about Lecter than we already knew. Depending on your point of view, you will either find this a relief (in which case you will enjoy the book) or annoying (in which case you won’t). Certainly, we find out about his past and about how his keen intellect was developed and even why he became so apparently cold and emotionless. However, these ideas are never fully developed and are always dealt with on a very ...

Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris

do with wanting to escape the torture that it was rather than anything else. The book seems to be something that has been written in a haste, not because Thomas Harris wanted to explain Hannibal but because the wanted the money normally associated with him. It was always a dangerous idea to try to explain Hannibal and I don’t feel that this attempt in any way manages to explain anything. It is fairly slow and sometimes can be a bit difficult to follow. Hannibal seems to change from a sensitive and protective child into an angry violent and cruel youngster with nothing really in between. After having read this I will not go to see the movie as it was such a massive ...

Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris

do with wanting to escape the torture that it was rather than anything else. The book seems to be something that has been written in a haste, not because Thomas Harris wanted to explain Hannibal but because the wanted the money normally associated with him. It was always a dangerous idea to try to explain Hannibal and I don’t feel that this attempt in any way manages to explain anything. It is fairly slow and sometimes can be a bit difficult to follow. Hannibal seems to change from a sensitive and protective child into an angry violent and cruel youngster with nothing really in between. After having read this I will not go to see the movie as it was such a massive ...

Thomas Harris in general

can find at least gives a little insight into the man behind Hannibal the Cannibal. Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1940, to William and Polly Harris, then, at a very young age, his family moved to Richmond, Mississippi, his father's hometown, where his father became a farmer. In Jackson, he attended Clarksdale High School, where his mother was a biology teacher, and spent most of his time reading and writing. His favoutite author at the time was Hemmingway. He then attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he studied for his English major during the day, and worked as a police reporter for the local newspaper, News-Tribune, at night, but ...

Thomas Harris in general

can find at least gives a little insight into the man behind Hannibal the Cannibal. Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1940, to William and Polly Harris, then, at a very young age, his family moved to Richmond, Mississippi, his father's hometown, where his father became a farmer. In Jackson, he attended Clarksdale High School, where his mother was a biology teacher, and spent most of his time reading and writing. His favoutite author at the time was Hemmingway. He then attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he studied for his English major during the day, and worked as a police reporter for the local newspaper, News-Tribune, at night, but ...