it would be Hannibal Lecter.

No, not because he eats people. Because he has had the benefits of wealth, early on. Because he learned from the best teachers. Because he himself is brilliant, erudite, well read, genteel. A gentleman in the oldest tradition. A great man. A man who prefers not to countenance the rude.

His cannibalistic tendencies aside, I have enjoyed the way Hannibal was depicted from the very first book- (red dragon) and now Harris, god love him, is about to publish the “prequel“, if you will, the life of Dr Lecter from his beginnings. I can barely wait.