An edition of The Silence of the Lambs (1988)

The Silence of the Lambs

Center Point large print ed.

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An edition of The Silence of the Lambs (1988)

The Silence of the Lambs

Center Point large print ed.

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (47 ratings)
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  • 83 Have read

The five-million-copy bestseller that scared the world silent ...

In the deadly search for a serial killer, a young FBI trainee comes face to face with an evil genius who's been locked away for unspeakable crimes.
--back cover

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Center Point Publishing / Compass Press
Language
English
Pages
367

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Hannibal Lecter Clarice Starling Jack Crawford Catherine Baker Martin Ruth Martin President of the United States John Brigham Barney Matthews Ardelia Mapp Paul Krendler Noble Pilcher Albert Roden I. J. Miggs Fredrica Bimmel Benjamin Raspail Jame Gumb Frederick Chilton William Rubin

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Edition Notes

Published in
Thorndike, ME / British Commonwealth
Genre
Fiction.
Copyright Date
1988

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3558.A6558 S5 2001

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
367 p.
Number of pages
367

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6795506M
ISBN 10
1585471100, 1740304500
ISBN 13
9781585471102, 9781740304504
LCCN
00065681
OCLC/WorldCat
1178547304, 779676011
LibraryThing
6052
Amazon ID (ASIN)
1585471100
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1202595
1202595
57097750

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL23481W

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Work Description

The Silence of the Lambs is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling.

The novel won the 1988 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.
The novel also won the 1989 Anthony Award for Best Novel.

It was nominated for the 1989 World Fantasy Award.

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Behavioral Science, the FBI section that deals with serial murder, is on the bottom floor of the Academy building at Quantico, half-buried in the earth.
added by Lisa.

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