Thomas Harris
Hardcover | Pages: 348 pages Rating: 4.03 | 255777 Users | 4577 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Red Dragon |
| ISBN: | 0525945563 (ISBN13: 9780525945567) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hannibal Lecter #1 |
| Characters: | Jack Crawford, Will Graham, Francis Dolarhyde, Hannibal Lecter |
| Setting: | St. Louis, Missouri(United States) |
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A second family has been massacred by the terrifying serial killer the press has christened "The Tooth Fairy." Special Agent Jack Crawford turns to the one man who can help restart a failed investigation: Will Graham. Graham is the greatest profiler the FBI ever had, but the physical and mental scars of capturing Hannibal Lecter have caused Graham to go into early retirement. Now, Graham must turn to Lecter for help.Itemize About Books Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1)
| Title | : | Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) |
| Author | : | Thomas Harris |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 348 pages |
| Published | : | May 22nd 2000 by Dutton (first published November 16th 1981) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Crime |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 255777 Users | 4577 ReviewsCommentary About Books Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1)
I read Red Dragon over a decade ago, and, while I have no need to reread it (I remember every little cringe-inducing detail), it has popped up on my 17 Books for People Who Hate People Reading Challenge. So here's a review.I don't think there's a single bad thing to be said about Red Dragon. It's one of the only thrillers that ever truly scared me. The killer and his "becoming" has stayed with me for ten-plus years, and I firmly believe it's the best book in the Hannibal Lecter series. SilenceI was a huge fan of the underrated & underappreciated tv show Hannibal. Which served as a prequel to the Hannibal Lecter series. It explored the relationship between Will Graham an F.B.I. profiler and Dr. Hannibal Lecter the gentleman cannibal & serial killer. I loved the cat & mouse game between the two, it a much more fascinating and complex relationship than the more famous relationship between Hannibal & Clarice Starling. I hadn't watched the movie version of Red Dragon(the
Now that Ive just finished reading this book, I feel the need to scrub parts of my brain with steel wool for the purpose of removing certain scenes that Thomas Harris has so rudely embedded there. Thanks a bunch Tom!Will Graham has the rotten luck at being really good at his job. He is a profiler for the FBI and while he was on the job catching Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Lecter caught him with a big sharp knife. Will decides that was enough for him, so he makes the wise decision to retire. But nooo!
Welp, for the first %65 and the last %10 this book was simply amazing, there was some obvious filler in between and the ending was disappointing after the great build up. But all in all it was a solid read that kept me interested in for the most part.
Ill admit, I watched both the movies and the tv show before getting around to reading this series. Im slightly ashamed of that because the books are heaps better than either the show or the movies although I loved those as well and theyre definitely what got me into Hannibal in the first place. The books are in a league of their own though! I was completely drawn in right from the very first page and despite having a slight idea of the story (There are MAJOR difference between books/movies/tv
Really good, I should have gotten to this book sooner.
Most people were introduced to Dr. Hannibal Lecter by the "Silence of the Lambs" movie, but Lecter's legacy really began with this novel, and it's still my favorite of the series. A book that manages to be terrifying not through gore or supernatural occurrences, but simply by exploring the fractured minds of the criminally insane. People who only saw the Red Dragon movie and didn't read this yet should be warned in advance that Hannibal Lecter has little more than a cameo appearance in this
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