Hannibal (novel)

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Hannibal is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris that continues the story of FBI agent Clarice Starling and the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

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Hannibal (novel) canonical 5
Hannibal (1999 novel) 1

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instanceOf novel
psychological horror novel
adaptedAs Hannibal (film)
surface form: Hannibal (2001 film)
author Thomas Harris
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Chip Kidd
featuresCharacter Barney Matthews
Mason Verger
Paul Krendler
Rinaldo Pazzi
featuresOrganization Federal Bureau of Investigation
surface form: FBI

United States Department of Justice
surface form: U.S. Department of Justice
followedBy Hannibal Rising (novel)
follows The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
genre crime fiction
psychological horror
thriller
hasISBN 978-0-385-29929-5
hasSettingLocation Florence
Maryland
Washington, D.C.
hasTheme corruption
identity
moral ambiguity
obsession
power dynamics
language English
literarySequelTo The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
mainCharacter Clarice Starling
Hannibal Lecter
marketedAs bestseller
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor controversial ending
graphic violence
pageCount about 564
partOf Hannibal Lecter novels
surface form: Hannibal Lecter franchise
precededBy The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
publicationDate 1999
publisher Delacorte Press
series Hannibal Lecter novels
surface form: Hannibal Lecter series
setIn Italy
United States of America
surface form: United States
subject Federal Bureau of Investigation
surface form: Federal Bureau of Investigation in fiction

cannibalism
serial killers in fiction
timePeriodOfSetting 1990s

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Clarice Starling appearsIn Hannibal (novel)
Hannibal (film) basedOn Hannibal (novel)
Mason Verger appearsIn Hannibal (novel)
Mason Verger firstAppearance Hannibal (novel)
this entity surface form: Hannibal (1999 novel)