Hannibal was a psychiatrist before he was apprehended. Very clever fella.
At the same time, Jack Crawford who is Starling superior is chasing after a pycho killer nick named Buffolo Bill. His speciality is to kill and skin the victims.
During the course of research, Lecter hinted that he know the identity of Buffolo Bill. And Starling was given hints
Suddenly, Catherine Baker Martin, the daughter of Senator Ruth Martin, was kidnapped. This lady will stop at nothing to get her daughter back
Starling was forced to get closer to Lecter for information. But then the jailer got jealous. He planned a trade with Lecter. If Lecter would give him the name of Buffulo Bill, he would ask for a more comfortable place/jail for him from the Senator.
The senator agrees and during the transfer, Lecter escaped.
But Lecter is specially fond of Starling and had contrived to give her hints on who is Buffolo Bill.
Though Starling encountered a lot of obstacle but she kept on at it.
Finally found Buffolo Bill in time to rescue the senator's daughter
This is a good book. Hannibal was really psycho and love to play games with minds. Manipulative. Well, can't blame him. Maybe he learn from his folks and the people around him
Have you noticed that parents loves to play mind games too? Especially the older generation. They would pit one siblings against another and later on wonder why the siblings relationship aren't as close. How to be close if there resentment constantly building up?
Why is it parents love to compare one kid against another? Some parent would say something like this..."why you are not as hardworking as your bro/sis?" or "if you don't do this, never mind, I'll get your bro/sis to do it". It's as if the kid is easily disposable.
Silence of the lamb... very old book... I have a copy too, at home in hometown. It's a very nice an intriguing book... I remember, I used to re-read them quite a lot... very nice book.
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