Making Murder Hardback edition by Philip L. Provides bibliographic listings of print and online resources for further reading his second book, Making Murder: The Fiction of Thomas Harris, was published in 2010 by Praeger Press. Includes reproductions of paintings that figure heavily in Harris's work, including William Blake's The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed With the Sun An introductory chapter provides insights into the author's life, publishing history, and significant cultural impact. Author Philip Simpson looks at the critical response each book received and explores the works themselves in terms of story, characters, writing style, allusions and symbols, and themes. Making Murder looks at all five of Harris's novels, starting with the suspenseful terrorist thriller, Black Sunday, then moving through the quartet of books in which Hannibal Lecter gradually moves from malevolent presiding spirit to unsettling, recognizably human protagonist.

He is the author of Psycho Paths: Tracking the Serial Killer through Contemporary American Film and Fiction (2000) and Making Murder: The Fiction of Thomas Harris (2010). Like no other available volume, the book explores the dark heart within Harris's novels?the unflinching look at evil that makes them so much more than just 'good reads.' Simpson serves as the provost of the Titusville campus of Eastern Florida State College. Detective Philip Vannatter testified that he didnt consider O.J. A former crime reporter, Harris's exhaustive research techniques have included extensive time with the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit studying actual serial killers. On June 12,1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered. Making Murder takes readers deep into the work of Thomas Harris and his iconic creation, Hannibal Lecter?one of modern fiction's most unforgettable characters. This book explores and analyzes the characters, artistry, and cultural impact of Harris's novels?four of which are centered on the terrifying villain of the iconic film, The Silence of the Lambs. Phillip Marcus Simpson Phillip Marcus Simpson passed away peacefully on Monday, March 7, 2022, after a long battle with cirrhosis of the liver. Thomas Harris created the iconic fictional murderer and sociopath, Hannibal Lecter.

Making Murder by Philip L. Simpson