An edition of The Silence of the Lambs (1988)

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The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris, T. Harris
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An edition of The Silence of the Lambs (1988)

The Silence of the Lambs

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (35 ratings) ·
  • 462 Want to read
  • 27 Currently reading
  • 60 Have read

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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Tandem Library
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English

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Previews available in: Hungarian German Polish English French Dutch

Subjects

lambs, black witch moth, autopsy, pupa, offender profiling, forensic psychiatry, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fiction, Government investigators, Psychology, Serial murderers, Serial murders, Detective and mystery stories, Hannibal Lecter (Fictitious character), Large type books, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, horror, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Lecter, hannibal (fictitious character), fiction, Hannibal, nick (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Serial murders, fiction, Regény, Amerikai irodalom, Fiction, thrillers, suspense

People

Hannibal Lecter, Clarice Starling, Jack Crawford, Catherine Baker Martin, Ruth Martin, President of the United States, John Brigham, Barney Matthews, Ardelia Mapp, Paul Krendler, Noble Pilcher, Albert Roden, I. J. Miggs, Fredrica Bimmel, Benjamin Raspail, Jame Gumb, Frederick Chilton, William Rubin

Places

United States, Quantico, Maryland, Kansas City, West Virginia, Smithsonian Institution, Tennessee

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Cover of: A bárányok hallgatnak
A bárányok hallgatnak: [bűnügyi regény]
2007, Magvető
in Hungarian
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Das Schweigen der Lämmer
2004, Weltbild Buchverlag
Hardcover in German
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Milczenie owiec
2002, Amber
Paperback in Polish - Polish edition, movie tie-in
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The Silence of the Lambs
1999?, St. Martin's Paperbacks
Mass Market Paperback in English
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The Silence of the Lambs
1999, Heyne
paperback in German - 42. Auflage
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The Silence of the Lambs
October 1998, Tandem Library
Library Binding in English
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Cover of: Le silence des agneaux
Le silence des agneaux: Roman
1996-01, Éd. de la Seine
Paperback in French
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De schreeuw van het lam
1995, Poema Pocket
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El silencio de los corderos
1993, R.B.A
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991, BCA
Hardcover in English
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The Silence of the Lambs
1988, St. Martin's Press
Hardcover in English - BOMC edition
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First Sentence

"Behavioral Science, the FBI section that deals with serial murder, is on the bottom floor of the Academy building at Quantico, half-buried in the earth."

The Physical Object

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Library Binding
Dimensions
9 x 6.2 x 1 inches
Weight
1.3 pounds

ID Numbers

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OL11760895M
ISBN 10
1417653132
ISBN 13
9781417653133
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2661701

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Behavioral Science, the FBI section that deals with serial murder, is on the bottom floor of the Academy building at Quantico, half-buried in the earth.
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April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
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