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Red Dragon

Thomas Harris

Book 1 of Hannibal Lecter

  • 373 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 1981
  • 60 editions
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1 About this book

Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows former FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to find and apprehend an enigmatic serial-killer nicknamed "The Tooth Fairy".

The novel introduced the character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial-killer, whom Graham reluctantly turns to for advice and with whom he has a dark past. The title refers to the figure from William Blake's painting The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun.

Good for readers who want: a mystery and horror.

  • Serial murder investigation
  • Mystery
  • Thrillers
  • Horror
  • Serial murders
  • Serial murderers
  • Novel
  • Psychiatrists

2 About Thomas Harris

Born 1940

William Thomas Harris III (born September 22, 1940) is an American writer. He is the author of a series of suspense novels featuring the character Hannibal Lecter. The majority of his works have been adapted into films and television, including The Silence of the Lambs, which became the third film to win Academy Awards in all of the five major categories.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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