- Novel, psychiatrists, cannibalism, serial killers
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.
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- Body horror
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- Author
- Thomas Harris
- First published
- 1981
- Pages
- 373
- Publisher
- Gardners Books, Dutton, Ed. Notícias
- Editions
- 60
- Language
- vie, Portuguese, German, English
- ISBN
- 9783453198630
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“Will Graham installa Crawford ä une table de pique-nique entre la maison et l'océan, puis lui servit un verre de thé glacé.”
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