The as-yet-unnamed novel has long been anticipated since 2004, when Harris signed a reported eight-figure deal for two books. The first was 2006’s Hannibal Rising, but no details of a second have ever been revealed. In 2007, his agent Mort Janklow told Entertainment Weekly: “I have no idea what Tom’s next book will be. In 2000, Harris’s sequel Hannibal saw Starling track down Lecter in Italy, while the 2006 prequel Hannibal Rising, revealed the makings of the character while escaping the Nazis as a child in Lithuania. Hannibal Rising had an astronomical initial print run of 1.5m copies, but did not receive the same critical acclaim as the others.

Source: The Guardian October 03, 2018 13:26 UTC