Book Description
The first in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, now a major new film
Product Description
Sexual hunger; demonic violence; sinister logic - the lethal components of a deadly formula driving a psychopath in the grip of an unimaginable delusion; a boastful killer who sends the police tormenting notes; a tortured, torturing monster who finds ultimate pleasure in viciously murdering happy families, and calls himself... The Red Dragon. Special agent Will Graham had been assigned to similar cases before, cases where he was able to see and feel with the madmen, anticipate their moves and, most terrifying of all, be vulnerable to their horrifying brutality. Now Graham is reluctantly lured out of retirement, to find an opening to the evil mind of the Red Dragon. Red Dragon is quite probably the most suspenseful, utterly compelling thriller ever written.
From the Publisher
The first in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, now a major new film. The film, Red Dragon, will be released later this year with an all-star cast including: Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter), Edward Norton (FBI Agent Will Graham), Ralph Fiennes (Francis Dolarhyde) and Harvey Keitel (Agent Crawford).
From the Back Cover
The novel that launched Hannibal Lecter's legacy of evil.
Sexual hunger; demonic violence; sinister logic - the lethal components of a deadly formula driving a psychopath in the grip of an unimaginable delusion; a boastful killer who sends the police tormenting notes; a tortured, torturing monster who finds ultimate pleasure in viciously murdering happy families, and calls himself. . . The Red Dragon.
'The best popular novel published since The Godfather' Stephen King
'Completely gripping' Time Out
'Something out of the ordinary for strong nerves and stomachs, an intricately crafted chiller' Observer
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.About the Author
A native of Mississippi, Thomas Harris began his career covering crime in the United States and Mexico, and was a reporter and editor for the Associated press in New York City. His first novel, Black Sunday, was published in 1975, followed by Red Dragon in 1981, Silence of the Lambs in 1988 and Hannibal in 1999. (20011227)
