Red Dragon

by Thomas Harris

mass market paperback, 354 pages

English language

Published Oct. 24, 1982 by Bantam Books, Bantam.

ISBN:: 978-0-553-22746-8
OCLC Number:: 8849872

If you never thought a book could make you quake with fear, prepare yourself for Red Dragon.

For you are about to meet a human monster, a tortured being driven by a force he cannot contain, who pleasures in viciously murdering happy families. When you discover how he chooses his victims, you will never feel safe again.

You are about to be thrust so deeply into the heart of his obsession that you will find no escape.

You are about to hope beyond hope that one man—a man with powers he is horrified to use—can stop this rage-consumed soul before he kills again.

You are about to be swept into the arms of the…Red Dragon. --back cover

If you never thought a book could make you quake with fear, prepare yourself for Red Dragon.

You are about to be thrust so deeply into the heart of his obsession that you will find no escape.

You are about to hope beyond hope that one man—a man with powers he is horrified to use—can stop this rage-consumed soul before he kills again.

You are about to be swept into the arms of the…Red Dragon. --back cover

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I must admit I read this expecting to be immersed in Hannibal's world. I'm a little disappointed -due to my own misguided assumptions- that Hannibal is only a background character whose presence is anyway felt throughout the whole book.
Of course, Dolarhyde is compelling, his fight against the evil in him and the way he was damaged. And Will is a very troubled guy whom we inevitably like, and whose relationship with Hannibal we feel perversely attracted to.
Good thriller, the last 50 pages you can't let go of the book.