WORTH THE WAIT... Harris's writing bears the hallmarks of honed perfection... this piece of literature is popular fiction only in the sense that it will sell. & sell... LOOK NO FURTHER FOR THE CHILLER OF THE YEAR' Peter Millar, The times ' Insanely readable... No thriller writer is better attuned than Thomas Harris to the rhythms of suspense. No horror writer is more adept at making the stomach churn... COMPELLING... TRULY SHOCKING... A BRILLIANT BOOK' Mail on Sunday ' It is a gut-churning, nail-biting, skin-crawling, often lyrical triumph
- addictive on every level... The plot is a helluva plot... The denouement is as exciting as the rest... IF THERE'S A BETTER BOOK THIS YEAR, with truth, fantasy & a touch of erudition combined in prose which really does leap off the page, I'LL EAT MY HAT' Francis Fyfield, Express. ' No panting fan... could have hope for more... HANNIBAL IS A GREAT POPULAR NOVEL & A PLAUSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE' Guardian