Delacorte, New York, 1999, 1^st pr.  ISBN 0-385-29929-X.  Hard cover, 486 pages.  Very good; bit of shelf and corner wear, spine ends pushed; binding sound with headbands; deckled fore-edge.  Dust jacket with price intact has light edge and cover wear, some rubs.  Decorative end papers; interior clean and unmarked.  ‘Seven years have passed since Dr. Hannibal Lecter escaped from custody, ...  Mason Verger remembers Dr. Lecter, too, and is obsessed with revenge.  He was Dr. Lecter’s sixth victim, and he has survived to rule his own butcher’s empire.  From his respirator, Verger monitors every twitch in his worldwide web.  Soon he sees that to draw the doctor, he must have the most exquisite and innocent-appearing bait; he must have what Dr. Lecter likes best.’  (from front flap)