The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs
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The Silence of the Lambs

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Sep 15, 1998
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An ingenious, masterfully written novel, Thomas Harris’s The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling and the basis for the Oscar award-winning horror film starring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter.A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname–Buffalo Bill–is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau’s Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter’s insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill. Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. His cryptic clues–about Buffalo Bill and about her–launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780312195267
    Publication Date
    September 15, 1998
    Original Publication Date
    July 1, 1988
    Page Count
    338
    Audience
    Adult
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    48520349
    Lexile® Level
    770L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~R
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~4.9

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