Black Sunday provides an easily-digested entry to the world of Thomas Harris. While not as literary as Red Dragon (1981) or The Silence of the Lambs (1987), this novel shows Harris's skill with character psychology, introduces us to the narrative form which he has to date found most congenial, an omniscient narrator who can jump from mind to mind in the course of telling the story, and demonstrates his ability to weave a story that can keep a reader riveted.