Red Dragon

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Red Dragon (Hardcover, 1985, Random House Value Publishing)

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Pubblicato il 21 Luglio 1985 da Random House Value Publishing.

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978-0-517-49426-4
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Red Dragon is a psychological horror 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.The novel was adapted as a film, Manhunter, in 1986, which featured Brian Cox as Lecter (spelled "Lecktor" within the film). Directed by Michael Mann, the film received mixed reviews and fared poorly at the box office. It has since developed a cult following.After Harris wrote a sequel to the novel, The Silence of the Lambs (1988), itself turned into …

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  • Serial murders
  • Nonfiction - General
  • Mystery & Detective - General
  • Nonfiction
  • Mystery/Suspense
  • Suspense
  • Psychological
  • Non-Classifiable
  • Sale Books
  • Government investigators
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Fiction
  • Lecter, Hannibal (Fictitious character)