If you had never read or heard about Silence of the Lambs and the other books about Hannibal Lecter,be assured this book can stand on it's own and is a great read. Set in Eastern Europe during the German and Russian war atrocities, it details the family life-joys and horrors. Saying more would spoil it, but it does leave you both crying and cheering for Hannibal.
Interesting but not as good as the others in this series.
