The rather less obvious one being the genius locked up in the asylum, who helps in solving the case and has thoughts, sinister beyond imagining, running through his head.|a Harris, Thomas, |d 1940- |0 |e author. A young FBI agent, Clarice Starling ( Jodie Foster ), sets out to.

The rather obvious one being the murderer who the FBI pursues throughout the novel. Before Mindhunter and the true crime craze, The Silence of the Lambs was the definitive psychological serial killer story. There are two brilliantly villainous characters in this book. This is possibly one of the only novels I've read, where the chain of events and level of description almost rivals the characters themselves (Hannibal Lecter excepted). The questions that are left running through the reader's mind at the end of novel are almost painful. He is gifted with the rare ability to inject a haunting sense of nonchalance into the oddest of scenarios.

The latter will haunt you till the very end and raise your perceptions of a good mystery novel. Reading the former would be a great way to pass the time of day and learn the elaborate terms used in criminology. There's your run-of-the-mill crime novels, and then there's The Silence of the Lambs. It isn't the fact that there's a man capable of murder on the loose that scares her, it's the man who's safe behind bars that does. The novel follows FBI agent-in-training Clarice Starling as she becomes increasingly involved in the investigation of serial killer Buffalo Bill. They work together, to track the movements and the thoughts of a fast-moving psychopath.Ī strange partnership emerges as secrets from Starling's past are revealed. Lecter, having been sentenced to a whole life in an asylum due to his cannibalistic tendencies, establishes an odd sort of relationship with Starling.

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