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"The Silence of the Lambs," by Thomas Harris

Published: Nov. 12, 2019, noon

\u201cLet\u2019s talk about cannibalism!\u201d We go full book club and talk about our first mystery/thriller read\u2014The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris! We try to avoid talking about the filmed version as we all read the book, so instead we talk about murder houses and whether we\u2019d live in them (even if they are prime Chicago real estate), the mechanics of reading about/picturing book characters and how we love dogs so, so much. Katy defends the Tower of London, Carrie thinks everyone is just too smart for real life, Maddy has a crisis of identity, and Mack realizes he doesn\u2019t understand the feminine mind (spoiler: just get a dog). We also discuss how much we hate Chilton, proper FBI protocol, and what being \u201con the juice\u201d means. Pour yourself a big Amarone and enjoy! Originally recorded October 2017. 

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PLEASE NOTE: We do talk about the trans community a little and the historical language used to describe it, and how the characters in the book delineate between Buffalo Bill\u2019s behavior and the behavior of transgender people. For more information please visit sites like the National Center for Transgender Equality and GLAAD.

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TW: Cannibalism, serial killers, skinning humans, animal cruelty 

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Correction Section: 

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Roald Dahl did write the screenplay for both the fifth Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and Ian Fleming did write the original novels for both of those. However, Fleming did not adapt anything of Dahl\u2019s for film like Katy thought. William Petersen (Grissom from CSI) does play Will Graham in Manhunter (1986), the film adaptation of Red Dragon. Carrie was right. (AS ALWAYS -C.O.)