I have been re-reading the Hannibal series by Thomas Harris the past few weeks as it has been a long time since I lost myself in their atrocities. Thomas Harris can certainly twist a gruesome web. For anyone who has not read the trilogy I would recommend they get their hands on copies. Especially with the new (awful) Hannibal TV series that aired recently. The real feel for the character's is in the books where Thomas Harris unveiled them in all their darkness & secrets. The true identity of who these people are, & why they have become the people the are is all released throughout the series of these 3 horrifying books.
Each novel is as intricately detailed as the last, weaving us through the labyrinth that is the world where Dr Lecter exists in the back of everyone's minds.
Contrary to popular belief, Red Dragon is the first in this series - in the books & in the movie versions, followed by Silence of the Lambs. Hannibal being the Finale bringing up the rear.
Silence Of The Lambs (1991) movie was made before Red Dragon (2002) & Hannibal (2001) is the third in the trilogy. Thomas Harris then wrote Hannibal Rising as a prequel to the others, & the accompanying movie came out in 2007.
As expected you get much more detail in the books, however the movies do the books justice - most likely because Thomas Harris co-wrote those too. If you like psychological befuddling crime novels with some stomach churning violence then these are definitely ones to pick up.
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