I watched the film before I read the book and I loved both in equal measure. Perhaps that's because part of me is a somewhat cruel and sadistic individual or perhaps it's because the book is the work of a true spectator of the sociopathic mind.
The young Clarice Starling is engaged for hunting against Jame Gumb who flays his victims, women. He makes vests with tits out of their skin. He kills the women only for their young and “elastic” skins. He uses a sewing machine to sew garments from the victims’ skin. After it he wears them just to...
I threw this book in the garbage three times while reading it because it was so horrific yet every time I pulled it back out and dug into it so I could find out what happened next. I only just watched the movie this year (2012) because I was too afraid to see it -- it's excellent and I liked it mu...
MUST READ. MUST READ. MUST READ.This book blew me away!Even though I had seen the movie before reading the book I still loved it. It is just A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
I listened to the audiobook narrated by the author, whose voice was just the right amount of creepy with his gravelly southern drawl. I saw the movie many years ago and I think it was even more intense than the book, but the book and the movie are extremely similar. Great read!
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