Chapter 8 Summary

Lecter asks to use the phone after Graham leaves. Lecter has the right to call his lawyer whenever he wants to; therefore, he is allowed the phone. Instead of calling his lawyer, Lecter calls Dr. Bloom's office and charms a graduate assistant into giving him Graham's address and phone number. Lecter has no plans for this information at the moment, but having it makes him happy.

Chapter 8 Analysis

This chapter not only foreshadows an event that is not yet clear, it also shows the depth of Lecter's dislike of the man who caught him and the extent of his mental illness. Not only this, but the reader is also shown the cleverness of Lecter's intellect. All of this foreshadows not the actions of this adversary, but the character of Graham's adversary.