Black Sunday (original 1975; edition 2001)

by Thomas Harris

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
1,522	28	11,841	(3.34)	26
The first novel from the bestselling author of Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, Black Sunday is the story of Michael Lander, 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.… (more)

▾Book information

Member:	TheCriticalTimes
Title:	Black Sunday
Authors:	Thomas Harris
Info:	Signet (2001), Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Collections:	Your library
Rating:
Tags:	Literary Fiction

Work Information

Black Sunday by Thomas Harris (1975)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by	kent23124, WTLaguna, Bh4ves, IntrovertedFaerie13, DennisFrank, Bandmember, stevekover, CharlesAlkan, MariamSoto
Legacy Libraries	David Foster Wallace

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (655)

1970s (157)

Books Read in 2020 (2,528)

» 5 more

A Rainbow of Books: Colors in the Title (240)

Swinging Seventies (157)

Books Read in 2003 (55)

Mysteries and Thrillers (12)

Books With Time Words in the Title (72)

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 26 mentions

▾Member reviews

English (24) Danish (2) Spanish (2) All languages (28)

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 24 (next | show all)

Wish this guy was still writing! (

)

kwskultety | Jul 4, 2023 |

I can't believe this is the same author that wrote the Hannibal Lecter series, one of my favorites. This book was the complete opposite. I hated it. Well, hate is a strong word, but I really didn't like it. I didn't care about any of the characters. The prose was
clunky and plodded along terribly. I had to force myself to continue reading at times. While the Lecter series absorbed me, this one pushed me away. I came in with high expectations and this was a big disappointment! (

)

MrMet | Apr 28, 2023 |

First edition fine

dgmathis | Mar 15, 2023 |

25th Anniversary, first edition as new

dgmathis | Mar 15, 2023 |

FB: (Vintage Paperback and Pulb Forum) "Black Sunday" the paperback of the novel by Thomas Harris. It was published the year before the blockbuster movie of the same name.

capewood | Sep 7, 2022 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 24 (next | show all)

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (11 possible)

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Thomas Harris	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Abel, Jürgen	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Oddera, B.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Oddera, Bruno	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Publisher Series

Delfinserien (566)

Heyne Allgemeine Reihe

Gli Oscar Mondadori - Bestsellers (1168)

Zwarte Beertjes (1741)

▾Awards and Honors

Distinctions

New York Times bestseller (Fiction – 1975)

Notable Lists

The Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (Crime)

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

1975

People/Characters

Muhamad Fasil

Dahlia Iyad

David Kabakov (Major)

Michael Lander (Captain)

Benjamin Musi

Important places

Beirut, Lebanon

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Important events

Super Bowl

Related movies

Black Sunday (1977 | IMDb)

Epigraph

Dedication

For Mary Allen

First words

Night fell as the airport taxi rattled along the six miles of coastal road into Beirut.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Information from the German Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language.

Amerikanisch

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

Black Sunday (novel)

▾Book descriptions

The first novel from the bestselling author of Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, Black Sunday is the story of Michael Lander, 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.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary