Hello Clarice

I read Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris a week or so ago. I have not read Red Dragon as of yet. They really were quite good. If you like the movies even a little bit (Silence of the Lambs is in my top 5), you would probably enjoy the books. Silence of the Lizzambs is a very quick read. Hannibal is less so, as it is much longer and seems to have had a great deal of research put into it. The good thing about Hannibal though is that it has a lot more than the movie could show. I am not particularly fond of that movie. It's all right, but it doesn't have the same ambiance (or ending!) that the book has. I much prefer the ending in the book to the one in the movie. Gives you more background on Hannibal, Starling, and the very amusing Mason Verger. And you hate Krendler twice as much. One of Hannibal's problems is that it switches voices at times, which in some instances is effective, but distracting in others. On the whole though they both are absolutely worth reading and very enjoyable.