Hannibal Rising. (Arrow)

Revue de presse "Praise for Hannibal Rising: Superbly done...You know the destination, but that doesn't mean the journey isn't bracing... Fans of Harris will be delighted with Hannibal Rising. I was." (Sunday Telegraph) "A mesmerising read... Evoked with masterly skill. The sheer brio of the storytelling is irresistible, and then there's the flesh-shredding horror - nobody, but nobody, does that as chillingly as Thomas Harris." (Daily Express) "A wonderfully murderous climax...Hannibal Rising is spot on...This novel is a sure-fire bestseller" (Independent on Sunday) "Often chilling...always entertaining...Lecter remains a powerful, iconic creation" (Observer) "Prepare to be thrillingly nauseated...As Hannibal goes on his fiendishly imaginative rampage, one turns the pages faster, time flies, and one is sorry that there aren't more pages to turn" (Sunday Times) Présentation de l'éditeur HE IS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING CHARACTERS IN ALL OF LITERATURE. AT LAST THE EVOLUTION OF HIS EVIL IS REVEALED. 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. Biographie de l'auteur Thomas Harris is the author of five novels and may be best known for his character Hannibal Lecter. All of his books have been made into films, including most notably the multiple Oscar winner, The Silence of The Lambs. Harris began his writing career covering crime in the United States and Mexico, and was a reporter and editor at the Associated Press in New York.