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Article: Hannibal.(Review)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- August 31, 1999
- Author:
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* Thomas Harris * Delacorte * $27.95
Man-eating monster Hannibal Lecter evokes iffy gay images. Should we care?
Thomas Harris caught flak for making crazed serial killer Jame Gumb a mother-fixated homosexual in The Silence of the Lambs. Eleven years later Harris continues to tweak gay sensibilities with Hannibal, the third chapter in the cat-and-mouse game between serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter and FBI special agent Clarice Starling. Now that Hannibal has settled in for a long stay atop the best-seller lists, gay readers are asking: Should we be insulted or amused?
What is stressed in the new book is not Hannibal Lecter's fierce intelligence ...