Silence of the Lambs

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Thomas Harris: Silence of the Lambs (2009, Penguin Random House)

432 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 2009 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
978-0-09-953292-7
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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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  • Fiction, suspense
  • Fiction, horror
  • Fiction, psychological
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
  • Lecter, hannibal (fictitious character), fiction