Black Sunday

Name: Black Sunday
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Thomas Harris
ISBN: 9780553751048

Author: Thomas Harris

Narrator: Ron McLarty

Abridged: 5 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 07/05/2000

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

When the game begins in New Orleans this Super Bowl Sunday . . . 80,000 people had better get ready to die.

The Super Bowl--where thousands have gathered for an all-American tradition. Suddenly it's the most terrifying place on earth . . .

Michael Lander is the most dangerous man in America. He pilots a television blimp over packed football stadiums every weekend. He is fascinated with explosives. And he happens to be very, very crazy. That's why a beautiful PLO operative has seduced him. That's why--on Super Bowl Sunday--the world will witness the bloody assassination of the U. S. president and the worst mass murder in history. Unless someone discovers what Michael Lander plans . . . and can kill him first.

About The Author

A native of Mississippi, Thomas Harris began his writing career covering crime in the United States and Mexico, and was a reporter and editor of the Associate Press in New York City. Black Sunday, his first novel, was followed by Red Dragon in 1981, The Silence of the Lambs in 1988, and Hannibal in 1999.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on December 31, 2017

Are you nostalgic for post-Vietnam, early Middle East conflict, height of the cold war espionage/terrorist thrillers? Well, then look no further because all of your interests will be satisfied with Black Sunday. I would say that that this story has not necessarily aged well in that a person not fami......more

Goodreads review by Charles on June 30, 2022

Review of Kindle edition Publication date: February 1, 2001 Publisher: Berkley Language: English ASIN: B002DMZ9U4 324 pages Before serial killers Hannibal Lecter and Francis Dolarhyde there was terrorist and mass murderer Dahlia Iyad and madman Michael Lander. Before FBI agents Will Graham, Clarice Starli......more

Goodreads review by Cameron on November 27, 2022

I remember reading Thomas Harris's Black Sunday in damn near one sitting. I got it when it first came out and it bowled me over. The movie did not disappoint either. I know I'll be drawn and quartered on some level here, but it remains my favourite Harris novel.......more

Goodreads review by Arun on November 10, 2013

When your plot line involves a major terrorist attack, there are some plot elements which are unavoidable : the pace that builds up until the D-day, terrorists and law enforcement trying to outwit each other every step of the way, a couple of romantic flings on either side of the law and then the wh......more

Goodreads review by Jersy on March 15, 2021

I have to admit first that the premise didn't sound exiting to me, but when I found out the author of the Hannibal series had an earlier book I just had to read it. Harris' style is already noticable here, although it is improved in later books. It is actually a more quiet book for most of it than on......more

Quotes

Acclaim for the novels of Thomas Harris:

For Black Sunday:

"Frighteningly believable."
--Chicago Tribune

"Suspenseful, nightmarish."
--Los Angeles Times

"Breathtaking. All forces converge with an apocalyptic bang!"
--The New York Times

"Fast-paced, all too realistic... with a shattering climax."
--Kirkus Reviews

"A spellbinder... The race to save the Super Bowl is hair-raising, one that will keep you rooted to your chair."
--The Hartford Courant

For Red Dragon:

"Red Dragon is an engine designed for one purpose--to make the pulse pound, the heart palpitate, the fear glands secrete."
--The New York Times Book Review

"A gruesome, graphic, gripping thriller... Extraordinarily harrowing."
--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

"Want to faint with fright? Want to have your hair stand on end? Want to read an unforgettable thriller with equal parts of horror and suspense? Harris was obviously only warming up with his best seller Black Sunday."
--Daily News (New York)

"Irresistible... A shattering thriller... Readers should buckle themselves in for a long night's read because from the first pages... Harris grabs hold."
--Publishers Weekly

"The scariest book of the season."
--The Washington Post Book World

"Easily the crime novel of the year."
--Newsday