Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A first printing of the first edition in Fine condition except for some staining to the pages throughout in a like dust-jacket.

The novel tells the story of the young Hannibal Lecter, who is transferred from the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane to the Federal Penitentiary in Florence, Alabama. There, he meets Dr. Frederick Chilton, a charismatic psychiatrist who is obsessed with understanding the mind of the "monster." Despite Chilton's best efforts, Hannibal escapes from the prison and begins a bloody reign of terror.; 8vo; 323 pages; MR.