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Hannibal Lecter #1

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352 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1981

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Thomas Harris began his writing 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 printed in 1975, followed by Red Dragon in 1981, The Silence of the Lambs in 1988, Hannibal in 1999, and Hannibal Rising in 2006.

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August 9, 2016
When it comes to Hannibal Lecter, I鈥檓 like one of those music hipster douche bags that everyone hates because I鈥檒l snootily declare that I knew about him long before most people did and that he鈥檚 sucked ever since he got really famous.

I鈥檇 read this years before the book of The Silence of the Lambs came out and led to the excellent film adaptation that skyrocketed Hannibal to the top of pop culture villains. Hell, I鈥檓 so Hannibal-hip that I鈥檇 caught Brian Cox playing him in Michael Mann鈥檚 adaptation Manhunter, and I didn鈥檛 just see it on VHS like all the other late-comers, I actually saw it in the theater. Twice! (I鈥檓 pretty sure this is the literary equivalent of claiming to have seen a band in a bar with eleven other people long before their first record deal.)

So after Thomas Harris and Hollywood ran the character into the ground after the second movie, it鈥檚 been years of shaking my head and saying, 鈥淢an, nothing鈥檚 been the same since Anthony Hopkins gave his Oscar acceptance speech.鈥�

Since I felt like Harris was just cashing in and had pretty much ruined Hannibal in the process, I hadn鈥檛 felt the urge to revisit Red Dragon or The Silence of the Lambs in some time. I was more than skeptical about the NBC prequel TV series Hannibal, but great reviews and the involvement of Bryan Fuller got me to check it out. Not only has it been incredibly good and returned Hannibal Lecter to his creepy best, it鈥檚 clever use of events referenced as backstory in Red Dragon had me digging out my copy to refresh my memory. Even better, the show has given me a new appreciation for an old favorite and reminded me what I found compelling about it to begin with.

Will Graham was a profiler for the FBI until he was badly injured while identifying a certain gourmet serial killer whose name conveniently rhymes with 鈥榗annibal鈥� which certainly made life easier for the people writing tabloid headlines. Will has retired to a happy new life with a wife and stepson in Florida until his old boss Jack Crawford comes calling and asks for help. There鈥檚 a brutal new killer dubbed the Tooth Fairy by the cops due to his habit of biting his victims. He鈥檚 killed two families after breaking into their homes and seems to be on schedule to do it again at the next full moon.

Will is reluctant to come back not just because he鈥檚 already been gutted once by a madman. He also fears that trying to think like a mass murderer isn鈥檛 the best thing for his mental health. It turns out that his concerns are justified after a tabloid journalist essentially paints a target on his back for the Tooth Fairy. Even worse, Will has to confront the man who nearly killed him and being confined to a cell doesn鈥檛 mean that Dr. Lecter can鈥檛 still do some serious damage.

Even as someone who was on the Hannibal bandwagon for a quarter of a century, it鈥檚 shocking to re-read this and realize how small of a part he actually plays in the story. Yes, he鈥檚 terrifying and his presence hangs over Will like a dark cloud, but he鈥檚 still a supporting player. Francis Dolarhyde (a/k/a The Red Dragon a/k/a The Tooth Fairy) may not have Hannibal鈥檚 culinary skills, but he鈥檚 one damn scary and slightly tragic villain while Will Graham makes for a damaged but compelling hero in the story.

I think one of the things I love best is just how much time is spent on how Will thinks. As a man with extremely high levels of empathy and a vivid imagination, Will鈥檚 ability to put himself in someone else鈥檚 shoes is a gift and a curse. Thinking like deranged killers has left him questioning if he might not be one of them, and it spills over all his emotions like a toxic oil spill.

By understanding their madness, Will can find the logic in their thinking, and it鈥檚 following that internal logic that allows Will to find the evidence they need. The breakthrough Will eventually makes is one of my all-time favorite examples of pure detection in the genre. It was in front of the reader the entire time, but it鈥檚 such an elegant solution that fits together so perfectly that Harris doesn鈥檛 have to engage in obscuring it with red herrings.

As a thriller that led to countless rip-offs and even the eventual collapse of the franchise due to it鈥檚 own success, it鈥檚 been often imitated but rarely equaled.

Check out my review of the Hannibal TV series at .

Cross posted at .
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November 21, 2018
I wish I'd read the book, before watching the movies. About half-way through the novel, my copy of Manhunter came crashing through the letterbox. The dvd incorporated a 54-page booklet: Michael Mann's HeadGames by Steven Paul Davies.

Contents:

Introduction.
The Making of the Film.
An Interview with Brian Cox.
The Thomas Harris Sequels.
Michael Mann - Cult Hero.
Michael Mann Filmography.
Manhunter Credits.

Ex-FBI Profiler, Will Graham, is dragged out of early retirement, when a second family is slain by a serial killer, who has a penchant for doing his work, during the lunar cycle: when it's a full moon. Still recovering from physical and emotional scars, he received years earlier, courtesy of Hannibal Lecter; he's reluctant to work on the case. But FBI-head, Jack Crawford, persuades him. Or maybe, it's the photos of the killers, handiwork, that makes him want to help.

Graham has the unique ability, to see what others' miss. Is able to think like the killers, he's pursuing. He spends time at one of the crime scenes, at the Charle's Leeds home, in Atlanta: working in minute detail, which was extremely, creepy, as he moves from room to room, trying to ascertain, how the crime played out. How did the perp enter the property? Who was the first to be killed? Why were the bodies, rearranged? How long after the murders, did the killer stay in the property? - and what was he doing? Why are there broken pieces of mirror? How does he choose his victims - and how does the killer know so much about them? What about the blood patterns, trajectory, etc? Being inside Will's head, seeing what he's seeing, was unequivocally, disturbing. And where's Jack: the Leeds dog? What do the two families, have in common? - the list goes on.
By working the scene, he learns a lot about the Leeds' family. The first family, to be slaughtered, the Jacobis - a month earlier, is a different matter. There isn't much left of that crime scene, after it was cleaned up. He needs to know them, as well.

We also get the killers' POV, as well as flashbacks to when he was younger, which was strangely, amusing. Especially, when he gets a visitor, and he's able to tell that person his name - and that's only because the other children at the orphanage, kept calling him it. And it's got no ('s) in it. I was a little disappointed that there was little time spent with Lecter. We don't get to see his inner thoughts. Well, that's probably for the best. I think.

So, this is the novel that spawned the movie, Manhunter (1986), starring William Peterson (Will Graham), Brian Cox (Hannibal Lecter), Tom Noonam (Francis Dolarhyde) Joan Allen (Reba McClane. She spent time at the New York Institute For The Blind - in preparation for her role, walking around blindfolded), Stephen Lang (Freddy Lounds), Dennis Farina (Jack Crawford) and Kim Greist (Molly Graham).

It's impressive, how close the movie is to the source material; including some of the dialogue. The ending was notably, different. Obviously, they couldn't squeeze everything into the film. Manhunter was going to be called Red. Not sure how close the Red Dragon movie, resembles the book, as I can't remember squat about it, for some reason. I'll probably watch it again, someday.

Red Dragon (2002), starred Edward Norton (Will Graham), Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter), Ralph Fiennes (Francis Dolarhyde), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Freddy Lounds), Harvey Keitel (Jack Crawford) and Mary-Louise Parker as Molly Graham.

Personally, I preferred Michael Mann's 1986 movie adaption (I'll never forget the wheelchair scene.), which had a budget of $15 million and took $8.6 million at the box office. In contrast, Brett Ratner's Red Dragon (which is basically a remake), had a budget of $78 million and took $209.1 million at the box office.

The chronological order of the movies is: Manhunter (1986), or Red Dragon (2002), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2001) and Hannibal Rising (2007). I still need to watch that one. Jody Foster didn't reprise her role as Clarice Starling in Hannibal, as she didn't believe, she would have much of a part - wasn't worth her participation - and she wanted to direct the movie (amongst other things), so Julianne Moore, took over.

The inspiration for Hannibal Lecter, is based on a real-life person (who wasn't a serial killer), Alfredo Balli Trevi帽i, who was a Mexican doctor. The authors' foreword, provides more insight - Foreword to a Fatal Interview.

I guess I'll have to read these in chronological order. I loved The Silence of the Lambs film - watched it a multitude of times - and Anthony Hopkins was quintessentially cast as psychiatrist/serial killer, Hannibal Lecter. Brian Cox's role as Lecter was very good, as well.
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Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1), Thomas Harris

In 1975, Will Graham, a brilliant criminal profile of the FBI, captured the serial killer Hannibal Lecter. However, Graham suffered serious injuries from the encounter and retired afterwards.

Four years later in 1979, a serial killer nicknamed "The Tooth Fairy" stalks and murders seemingly random families during sequential full moons. He first kills the Jacobi family in Birmingham, Alabama, then the Leeds family in Atlanta, Georgia. Two days after the Leeds murders, agent Jack Crawford, Graham's mentor, goes to Graham's Marathon, Florida residence and pleads for his assistance; Graham reluctantly agrees. After looking over the crime scenes with only minimal insight, Graham realizes he must visit Lecter and seek his help to capture "The Tooth Fairy." ...

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April 19, 2020
Loved this book. This book is vivid and very memorable. It precedes Silence of the Lambs, (another great read). A movie, Manhunter was based on this book. Michael Mann directed (love Mann movies). Its a great movie but the book, as always, was better. The point of view of the antagonist was beautifully realized and that's what made the book so chilling. The chase of the antagonist--the hunt kept me reading long into the night. The way Harris slowly layered in the clues was brilliant. The method in how the antagonist chose his victims was also a great concept. A solid five stars.

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April 17, 2019
5 stars! 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍

Back in 1981, Thomas Harris introduced us to a character that will be well known for generations to come. Dr. Hannibal Lecter is this character and he鈥檚 been involved with multiple books, movies and a now a TV show.


Red Dragon first brings us this character after being caught by FBI profiler, Will Graham. Dr. Lecter is living in isolation while in prison and Will Graham needs his help.
Another serial killer is on the loose and Graham must go confront Lecter to get help understanding this new threat.

The Tooth Fairy has killed two families so far when Jack Crawford asks for Will Graham鈥檚 help. Graham is hesitant to help due to catching two serial killers (one was Dr. Lecter) and Graham is not sure his sanity and soul can survive these monsters. Graham is one of the best FBI profilers out there and Crawford knows he needs Grahams' help to catch this sadistic killer.

The Tooth Fairy aka Red Dragon is an evil and tormented monster. Harris ends up getting into the background and mind of this character, and it鈥檚 a twisted nightmare.

Red Dragon is intense, suspenseful and the psychology involved is unnerving. There were moments while reading that I was glad the lights were on. Thomas Harris seems to tap into the serial killer mind and creep the fuck out of you. No joke.

The characterization along with the heart stopping chase of stopping the Red Dragon was excellent. I also enjoyed all the forensics involved in the book.

I鈥檓 glad I finally read Red Dragon!
Harris seems to be one of the first to write about serial killers and he did an outstanding job.

Should you read Red Dragon if you鈥檝e seen the movies, Manhunter or Red Dragon?
Yes, I think so. Both movies were good, but this book taps into the psychology of the serial killer that I found was missing in the movies.

Recommended to people that love crime detective books, horror and thrillers!
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460 reviews128 followers
October 21, 2020
Red Dragon opens to Will Graham on the beach behind his Florida home, his wife and stepson close by. But it's the visiting Jack Crawford who holds Will's attention at the moment. Within these first pages you come to understand the recent violent history of Graham's past with the FBI. That he has taken a life and nearly lost his own to the hands of the Hannibal Lecter we shouldn't yet know (but of course we do since this book was written in 1981); that Graham has removed himself from that past 鈥� out of the game and the hunt of killers. If only the men like Crawford would leave it that way, and a most recent killer hadn't arisen.

This book has a brilliant way of illustrating Graham's past as he seeks the 鈥淭ooth Fairy鈥� (an early moniker given to the Red Dragon). It feels almost as if you're reading a second book in a series, but not at all as if you'd missed reading the first. The brief moments spent here with Hannibal are intense and revealing. It's completely possible that I would feel differently about who Lecter is if I hadn't already known him from the Silence of the Lambs movie, but that's kind of like hearsay. A link is formed between Lecter and the Dragon, with Will in the middle, and then the spotlight smartly transitions to our new killer. Spending too much time with Hannibal would have been a mistake. It was right about this point that he surprises me by snatching Lounds (literally biting his lips off) and then returning him by a fiery fate. Note: The book has some sickly, gruesome moments, but it is so well done. Through the midst of this, the reader is treated to the killer's childhood and tutelage, so to speak. Understanding Dolarhyde's past and what he becomes does not make you like or identify with him (cause he's a crazed killer), but it serves in broadening the entire experience. Three-dimensions is the key to this and many stories, and I loved it.

A quick aside in my review. I actually held Red Dragon in my hands as a very young teen in 1981. This may have been the second or third book I'd received after joining a book club, and I had probably read the first three or four chapters before stopping (Graham inside the first victim's home was still clear to me). Was I too young for the Killer-Thriller genre, and my first crime novel? I don't know. I had read Cujo by that point in time, but I guess that's somewhat different, and it's possible that this story was all too real for me at that point. Anyway, it's a memory I have.

I'd be remiss by not mentioning how strong and well-written the character of Will Graham is here. I don't believe I'll see him after this and will miss him. As far as my rating, even though I'm not certain how much I liked what feels like a movie style ending, Red Dragon is far too good to receive anything but 5 stars.
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2,225 reviews64 followers
August 21, 2024
I recall reading somewhere once of Stephen King - a typically and not always kindly outspoken opinionist - commenting that Harris could tell a darn good story, but he was a lousy writer. When I began this book, I guess I could see where he was coming from. The writing feels oddly clunky and does not have that smooth, stream-like quality good prose possesses as the writer weaves it through the reader's brain.

Hell, even plot-wise, it all starts off pretty slowly, and the book's thriller/suspense engine seems to be running at low gear. The villain (an admittedly interesting and quite sympathetic one) is the only character that really had me hooked. I guess Hannibal is good and all, but I prefer the Hopkins version in the films. Sometimes a great story, or even just a great character, is cemented more by the film adaptation rather than the original novel. While it is very often the case, one certainly cannot use the refrain "the book is better than the movie" in all cases. I actually think that is something said more often by people who actually do not read that much, so that they are blown away in the rarer instances they do.

Anyway, after a little while, if you manage to hold on and wage through the somewhat tedious opening and the backstory I for some reason did not find as engaging as I feel I should have, Red Dragon does eventually come together. Although it isn't the best thriller I have read, it does certainly pull you into it, enough so that the lackadaisical prose and occasional overflow of pointless description does become less noticeable, and you find yourself eager to see how everything turns out.

Perhaps I should mention, in respect to this book, that I had already seen (and loved) the movie numerous times. I have failed, thus far, to convince my wife (who somehow thinks Edward Norton is overrated - no wonder she liked The Italian Job, which Norton himself, for many a good reason, despised) to watch Red Dragon, which certainly has its moments, but all in all is decidedly less fucked up than both Silence of the Lambs and the deranged but sickly engaging Hannibal.

The book is a perfectly decent one. But it's not great by any stretch of the imagination. Even Harris's best novel - Silence of the Lambs - does not quite qualify for that, in my small opinion. But yes, by all means read it.

Belated postscript from 2021:

I'm not sure how this is my most liked review on 欧宝娱乐. I am just a modest user with less than 60 friends, but I've written many far better than this, and the book itself is hardly one I even care much about. But there you go. I ain't gonna complain about it. I thought I would just add, however, that having also read the next two books, though not yet Hannibal Rising (which I've heard is pretty terrible), The Silence of the Lambs is decidedly better than this one. As for Hannibal, I'm not really sure. Like the movie, it's easily the most unsettling, but it has its strong moments. I can't really deal with the film anymore though, since for some reason what used to be seen as objectively disgusting and quite off-putting about some of Hannibal's baser actions (feeding a man his own brain, and also feeding a child said brain against his knowledge) are now held up as comical rather than gross and somewhat detrimental to the character's likeability. I never quite liked how the scary but still oddly noble and ever-so-intelligent Mr Lector morphed into a full-fledged horror-movie maniac in the second film. I always liked it better when Hannibal was reluctantly respected and admired from a safe distance, not gleefully applauded for being, in reality, not that much better than the more conventional villains he goes up against from inside his cell.
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577 reviews89 followers
July 8, 2019
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris is the first in the Hannibal Lector series. My god what a creepy start it is.
The addiction for this book starts right from the first page and keeps you gripped untill the last, we only get snippets of Hannibal and when he does show you can just feel the chills forming 馃槻
Francis Dolarhyde (red dragon ) is a terrible and despicable,creepy psychopath (which nobody wants to meet ) but doesn't have that lector way about him.
This is a sinister, heart palpitating book which has you reaching for the next in the series as soon as possible.
Do I recommend this??? 馃
Oh definitely!!!
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1,243 reviews3,731 followers
March 31, 2018
Hannibal Lecter rises!


This is the first novel about Dr. Hannibal Lecter, introducing the character.


MINDS ALIKE

You never know what path a novel will take, specially when this becomes the beginning of a book series.

When you're reading you could think that Will Graham would be the "hero" of this book series, but the tremendous success of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, even before the filming of The Silence of the Lambs (based on the sequel book), it was clear that the "good guy" won't the "hero" of this book series but...

...the Bad Guy!

And you won't find badder guy than Dr. Hannibal Lecter, since he isn't just a psychopath, but he's a psychiatrist, therefore he knows all the tricks that criminal profilers do, and he knows all the tricks of the psychologists whom try to treat him...

...oh, and if that wasn't enough...

...he eats his victims, with the best cuisine techniques!

How, Will Graham, special investigator of the FBI was able to catch him?

That's where things got creepy...

...since Will Graham thinks too much alike as Lecter.

To catch a madman, you need a madman.

And the worse of that?

When the madman needs the help of the other madman.

That's where things get creepier...

...and bloodier!!!


EVIL KNOWS EVIL

Will Graham got three dangeours serial killers, including the infamous Dr. Hannibal Lecter...

...but at a great cost...

...so he decided to leave all that behind and having a quiet life with his family.

But evil never takes vacations...

...the Tooth Fairy, a new and twisted serial killer rises and entire families are paying the price.

Special Agent Jack Crawford, in charge of the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI, knows that the Tooth Fairy not only is something out of the regular serial killers, but also it's on a bloody spree, so there's little time to avoid more massacres...

...so he needs to call again Will Graham.

Nobody can gets into the minds of serial killers like Graham.

However, since the Tooth Fairy is a menace racing against time...

...Will Graham needs to get into contact of Dr. Hannibal Lecter to ask for his help in the case...

...the game is on again...

...and Dr. Hannibal Lecter enjoys to play!




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238 reviews51 followers
August 19, 2022
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239 reviews1,422 followers
May 18, 2013
Now that I鈥檝e 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! Jack Crawford, Will鈥檚 former boss, shows up at his house asking for help on a new case of a new serial killer dubbed the Tooth Fairy, because the creep likes to bite his victims.

Here鈥檚 how the conversation goes between the two, broken down to its simplest form.

Jack: Hey I need your help with a case because you鈥檙e the best at what you do.
Will: But I don鈥檛 want to on account I was nearly gutted last time I helped you.
Jack: But you鈥檙e really good at your job.
Will: Okay鈥�..since you put it that way, I鈥檒l help.

Francis Dolarhyde, or the Tooth Fairy/the Dragon, had a pretty awful childhood (to put it mildly.) Born to a mother who rejects him because of a deformity, a hare lip, then raised by a sadistic grandmother who adopts him for the sole purpose to get revenge on her daughter (not because she loves the boy). As a result of growing devoid of all love, he turns out a little off. Surprise!!

Where Dolarhyde has no empathy, Will has too much. This is what makes him a good profiler; he is able to almost 鈥榖ecome鈥� the person he is hunting, to understand them.

鈥淕raham had a lot of trouble with taste. Often his thoughts were not tasty. There were no effective partitions in his mind. What he saw and learned touched everything else he knew. Some of the combinations were hard to live with. But he could not anticipate them, could not block and repress. His learned values of decency and propriety tagged along, shocked at his associations, appalled at his dreams; sorry that in the bone arena of his skull there were no forts for what he loved. His associations came at the speed of light. His value judgments were at the pace of a responsive reading. They could never keep up and direct his thinking. He viewed his own mentality as grotesque but useful, like a chair made of antlers. There was nothing he could do about it.鈥�

That鈥檚 pretty dark stuff to deal with and still fight to maintain sanity.

When all was said and done I suppose I 鈥榚njoyed鈥� this book. But yet I didn鈥檛 enjoy it at all. It was very well done鈥︹€t kept my attention throughout, but I don鈥檛 think this type of book is all that good for me. While I love dark books, I seem to need them to be a bit fanciful鈥︹€�.not of the real world. All the stuff that happens in the real world is depressing enough, bombings, school shootings, and kids shooting other kids to death, I feel the need to escape from that.

Books like this are just more of that. Oddly enough though, I think the new TV show is fantastic.

I now am reading a book about the Tao de Ching (that has an unfortunate title) hoping it will clean up my brain鈥︹€�..

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465 reviews325 followers
June 11, 2023
M谩s de 400 p谩ginas y no he podido parar de leer. Creo que el hecho de haber visto la pel铆cula me ha perjudicado en la lectura, pero es una novela tan buena que se merece las 5 estrellas.
"El silencio de los corderos" es de 5 estrellas y 茅sta tambi茅n. Bravo por Thomas Harris. Construye una trama a partir de un asesino en serie complejo, con unos investigadores listos y unas historias paralelas que tienen mucho sentido.
Me hab铆an recomendado esta novela cuando hube le铆do "El silencio de los corderos" y no cre铆a que pudiera ser mejor. No s茅 si 茅sta es mejor, pero, al menos, est谩 a la misma altura.

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More than 400 pages and I couldn't stop reading. I think the fact that I had seen the film has affected my reading, but it is such a good novel that it deserves 5 stars.
"Silence of the Lambs" is 5 stars and so is this one. Bravo to Thomas Harris. He builds a plot around a complex serial killer, with clever investigators and parallel stories that make a lot of sense.
This novel had been recommended to me after I had read "Silence of the Lambs" and I didn't think it could be any better. I don't know if this one is any better, but it's at least on the same level.
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179 reviews301 followers
August 6, 2023
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丿乇 亘丕亘 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 賵 賯乇亘丕賳 氐丿賯賴鈥屰� 丿賵爻鬲

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禺賱丕氐賴 讴賴 噩夭賵 毓噩蹖亘鈥屫臂屬� 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 丿蹖丿賲 賵 賵賯鬲蹖 夭賴乇賴 亘賴賲 诏賮鬲 讴賴 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 亘夭乇诏賵丕乇貙 賲噩賲賵毓賴 賴賲 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賴 亘蹖卮 丕夭 賯亘賱 賲卮鬲丕賯 卮丿賲 讴賴 禺賵賳丿賳卮賵賳 賴賲 丿乇 亘乇賳丕賲賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 讴賱丕 亘賴 賴賲 乇蹖禺鬲賲卮 亘趩倬賵賳賲.
亘丕 鬲卮讴乇 亘爻蹖丕乇 丕夭 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 诏乇丕賲蹖 讴賴 賲賯丿賲丕鬲 丕蹖賳 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 賳丕亘 賵 亘賴 蹖丕丿賲丕賳丿賳蹖 乇丕 乇賯賲 夭丿賳 T.T

丿乇 亘丕亘 倬蹖卮 賳蹖丕夭賴丕 賵 亘賴 賴賲 乇蹖禺鬲賳 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲 賵 丕賳鬲馗丕乇丕鬲 亘蹖鈥屫�

趩賳丿 賲賵乇丿 賲賴賲 讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 賯亘賱 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 賲噩賲賵毓賴 亘丿賵賳蹖賳 乇賵 亘丕蹖丿 亘诏賲:
蹖讴:
噩賱丿 丕賵賱 賴賲賵賳鈥屫焚堌� 讴賴 丕夭 丕爻賲卮 倬蹖丿丕爻鬲 賯乇丕乇 賴爻鬲 乇賵蹖 丕跇丿賴丕蹖 爻乇禺 鬲賲乇讴夭 讴賳賴. 倬爻 賲丕 亘丕 讴爻蹖 胤乇賮蹖賲 讴賴 亘丕 趩賳蹖賳 賱賯亘蹖 禺胤丕亘 卮丿賴 賳賴 亘丕 賴賳蹖亘丕賱蹖 讴賴 氐乇賮丕 丕爻賲卮 亘賴 诏賵卮賲賵賳 禺賵乇丿賴 賵 丕讴孬乇丕 亘禺丕胤乇卮 亘賴 禺賵賳丿賳 乇賵 丌賵乇丿蹖賲. 丕蹖賳 賲賵囟賵毓 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 亘丿賵賳蹖賲 匕乇賴鈥屫ㄛ屬� 賳诏丕賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 乇賵蹖 趩賴 讴爻蹖 賴爻鬲 賵 丕诏乇 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 丿乇 丿蹖丿 賳亘賵丿貙 丿賱爻乇丿 賳卮蹖賲 賵 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 賳讴賵亘蹖賲.
丿賵:
讴鬲丕亘 亘丕 丌孬丕乇 丕賯鬲亘丕爻蹖 賮乇賯 丿丕乇賴. 丕诏乇 丕夭 賮蹖賱賲鈥屬囏� 賵 爻乇蹖丕賱 禺賵卮鬲賵賳 賳蹖賵賲丿 亘賴 倬丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賳賳賵蹖爻蹖賳. 賴乇 爻丕夭賳丿賴鈥屫й� 亘丕 鬲賮丕賵鬲鈥屬囏й� 讴賲 賵 夭蹖丕丿貙 丕孬乇 乇賵 亘賴 鬲氐賵蹖乇 讴卮蹖丿賴 讴賴 丿乇 噩丕賴丕蹖蹖 賴蹖趩 卮亘丕賴鬲蹖 亘賴 賯賱賲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賳丿丕乇賴. (鬲賵 亘禺卮 賲乇亘賵胤貙 鬲賵囟蹖丨 讴丕賲賱 乇賵 賲蹖丿賲.)
爻赖:
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 丿賵乇賴鈥屫й� 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 讴賴 丿蹖鈥屫з愘嗏€屸€屫з愛� 丿乇 鬲卮禺蹖氐 賴賵蹖鬲 賴賳賵夭 亘賴 讴丕乇 賳賲蹖鈥屫辟佖� 賵 鬲讴賳賵賱賵跇蹖 賴賲 倬蹖卮乇賮鬲 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲. (丕氐賱丕 丕诏賴 睾蹖乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿貙 趩胤賵乇 賯丕鬲賱 爻乇蹖丕賱蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗀池� 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴.) 亘賳丕亘乇丕蹖賳 乇賵賳丿 倬蹖卮 亘乇丿賳 倬乇賵賳丿賴鈥屬囏� 亘賴 乇丕丨鬲蹖 丌亘 禺賵乇丿賳 賳禺賵丕賴賳丿 亘賵丿 賵 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 丿丕丿賴鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿貙 氐亘賵乇 亘丕卮蹖丿. 丕賵賳賯丿乇 讴賴 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮蹖賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 胤賵乇 乇诏亘丕乇蹖貙 卮丕賲賱 鬲毓賯蹖亘 賵 诏乇蹖夭 賵 氐丨賳賴鈥屬囏й� 賴蹖噩丕賳鈥屫з嗂屫� 亘丕卮賴. 卮賲丕 亘丕蹖丿 讴賱蹖 丨乇氐 亘禺賵乇蹖賳 讴賴 趩乇丕 賯丕鬲賱 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 乇賵 亘賴 噩丕 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 賵 蹖讴噩賵乇丕蹖蹖 賲蹖禺賵丕丿 禺賵丿卮 诏蹖乇 亘蹖賮鬲賴 丕賲丕 倬賱蹖爻 賵 丕賽賮鈥屫ㄛ屸€屫③� 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 倬蹖卮乇賮鬲 趩卮賲诏蹖乇蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳.
趩赖丕乇:
亘賴 毓賱鬲 亘毓丿 乇賵丕賳卮賳丕禺鬲蹖 賵 丿賯鬲 夭蹖丕丿 亘賴 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲貙 丕賲讴丕賳 丿丕乇賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕匕蹖鬲 亘卮賴. 丕賲丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘乇禺賱丕賮 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 丌孬丕乇貙 乇賵賳丿 倬蹖卮 亘乇丿賳 倬乇賵賳丿賴 乇賵 丕夭 賳诏丕賴 丌丿賲鈥屬囏й� 賲禺鬲賱賮 乇賵丕蹖鬲 讴乇丿賴. 丕蹖賳讴賴 趩胤賵乇 鬲讴 鬲讴 丕乇诏丕賳鈥屬囏ж� 爻丕夭賲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 丿賵賱鬲蹖貙 丕賲丕讴賳 賵 丌丿賲鈥屬囏й� 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 賲蹖鬲賵賳賳 乇丕賴诏卮丕 亘丕卮賳.
倬賳噩:
卮賲丕 賯乇丕乇 賴爻鬲 亘賮賴賲蹖賳 讴賴 趩胤賵乇 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 鬲亘丿蹖賱 亘賴 賲賵噩賵丿蹖 賲蹖卮賳 讴賴 丕夭 亘丿賵 鬲賵賱丿 丕賵賳胤賵乇 夭丕丿賴 賳卮丿賳. 亘賳丕亘乇丕蹖賳 卮丕賴丿 爻乇诏匕卮鬲 賵 賳丨賵賴鈥屰� 卮讴賱鈥屭屫臂� 賴蹖賵賱丕賴丕蹖 丕賮爻丕乇诏爻蹖禺鬲賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 亘丕賴丕賲賵賳 毓噩蹖賳 亘卮賳 賴爻鬲蹖賲.

丿乇 亘丕亘 讴鬲丕亘 (亘丿賵賳 禺胤乇 賱賵 乇賮鬲賳)

乇賵夭蹖 乇賵夭诏丕乇蹖 賵蹖賱 诏乇賴賲 丿丕卮鬲 丕夭 丿賵乇丕賳 亘丕夭賳卮爻鬲诏蹖卮 賱匕鬲 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必� 讴賴 爻乇 賵 讴賱賴鈥屰� 賴賲讴丕乇 賯丿蹖賲蹖 倬蹖丿丕 卮丿. 噩讴 讴乇丕賮賵乇丿貙 丕蹖賳 賲賵噩賵丿蹖 讴賴 賳蹖丕夭賲賳丿 禺賵乇丿賴 卮丿賳 賴爻鬲 賵賱蹖 賲鬲丕爻賮丕賳賴 賲睾夭 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 乇賵 亘丕 賵噩丿丕賳 讴丕乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堎� 丕夭 賵蹖賱 讴賴 爻丕賱鈥屬囏� 賯亘賱 丿乇 趩賳丿蹖賳 倬乇賵賳丿賴鈥屰� 賲賴賲 亘賴卮 讴賲讴 亘夭乇诏蹖 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿貙 亘丕夭 賴賲 胤賱亘 蹖丕乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堐屬�:/
賵蹖賱 夭蹖乇 亘丕乇 賳賲蹖鈥屫辟佖� 讴賴 丿賵亘丕乇賴 賵丕乇丿 丕蹖賳 賯囟丕蹖丕 賵 爻乇 賵 讴賱賴 夭丿賳 亘丕 賯丕鬲賱蹖賳 爻乇蹖丕賱蹖 亘卮賴貨 趩賵賳 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 賱讴鬲乇 鬲噩乇亘賴鈥屰� 賲賵賳丿诏丕乇蹖 亘乇丕卮 亘賴 噩丕 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿. 胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 卮讴賲 賲亘丕乇讴卮 賲賵乇丿 毓賳丕蹖鬲 丿賵爻鬲 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 賵 亘丕 賲乇诏 賮丕氐賱賴鈥屰� 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲貨 丕賲丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿賵亘丕乇賴 蹖賯賴鈥屫� 乇賵 诏乇賮鬲 賵 噩賵賳 爻丕賱賲 亘賴 丿乇 亘乇丿.
賵蹖賱 亘乇禺賱丕賮 賲蹖賱卮貙 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 丕蹖賳 賳丕噩賵丕賳賲乇丿 乇賵 賯亘賵賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 丿賵亘丕乇賴 賯乇丕乇 賴爻鬲 丕夭 匕賴賳 亘蹖鈥屬囐呚ж� 亘乇丕蹖 丨賱 讴乇丿賳 倬乇賵賳丿賴 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 讴賳賴. 賴賲賵賳鈥屫焚堌� 讴賴 鬲賵賳爻鬲 賴賵蹖鬲 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 乇賵 讴卮賮 賵 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇卮 讴賳賴.
倬乇賵賳丿賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 賵蹖賱 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丿丕乇賴 亘賴 丕爻賲 噩賱丿 賲乇亘賵胤 賴爻鬲 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 毓賱鬲 賴蹖趩 乇亘胤蹖 亘賴 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 賳丿丕乇賴. 噩夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 賯丕鬲賱 爻乇蹖丕賱蹖 噩夭賵 賴賵丕丿丕乇賴丕蹖 噩賳丕亘 賱讴鬲乇 賲丨爻賵亘 賲蹖卮賴 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 禺丕胤乇 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗃屬� 乇丿倬丕蹖 讴賲乇賳诏 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 乇賵 賴賲 亘亘蹖賳蹖賲.
卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 丕夭 丿賵乇 亘賴 噩夭 蹖讴 毓丕丿鬲卮 讴賴 爻乇賵 讴乇丿賳 丌丿賲蹖夭丕丿 賴爻鬲貙 毓丕丿蹖 賵 賯丕亘賱 賯亘賵賱 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖鈥屫必迟�. 賲丿爻 賲蹖讴賱爻賳 讴賴 丿乇 爻乇蹖丕賱 賴賳蹖亘丕賱貙 賳賯卮 丕蹖賳 賵蹖賱賳 夭蹖亘丕 乇賵 丕蹖賮丕 讴乇丿 丿乇 賵氐賮卮 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丨賯鈥屫臂屬� 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 乇賵 賲蹖诏賴:
One thing very important to say is, Hannibal loves beautiful things... Beautiful music, beautifull art, beautifull food and Beautiful people physically or beautifull minds so it's nothing to do with sexuality.

亘賳丕亘乇丕蹖賳 丕蹖賳 卮禺氐蹖鬲 讴賴 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 賲丨賵蹖 賴賲 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賴貙 趩賳蹖賳 乇賳诏 賵 亘賵蹖蹖 賲蹖丿賴 賵 丌丿賲蹖 乇賵 丿趩丕乇 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 賲鬲賳丕賯囟 亘禺丕胤乇 匕丕卅賯賴 賵 胤亘毓 賳丕亘卮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�. 胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲蹖 讴賴 禺賱賯 讴乇丿賴 鬲賳賴丕 亘賲賵賳賴:
Harris has described feeling unnerved by his charismatic villain. He once wrote that he was 鈥渘ot comfortable in the presence of Dr. Lecter, not sure at all that the doctor could not see me.鈥�

丕夭 噩匕丕亘蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 讴賴 亘诏匕乇蹖賲 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 賵蹖賱 亘倬乇丿丕夭賲. 賵蹖賱 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘丕 鬲丕乇蹖讴鈥屫臂屬� 賵噩賵賴 丌丿賲蹖 賲賵丕噩賴 亘卮賴 賵 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 亘賴 噩丕蹖 賯丕鬲賱 亘匕丕乇賴. 亘賳丕亘乇丕蹖賳 亘賴 毓賱鬲 賴賲匕丕鬲鈥屬举嗀ж臂� 毓賲蹖賯蹖 讴賴 亘乇賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁囏� 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫ㄛ屬嗁� 讴賴 丕夭 丿蹖丿 亘賯蹖賴 倬賳賴賵賳 賲賵賳丿賳. 丕亘毓丕丿蹖 乇賵 丿乇 賳馗乇 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟� 讴賴 丿乇 賲禺蹖賱賴鈥屰� 賴賲讴丕乇賴丕卮 賳賲蹖鈥屭嗀�. 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 禺丕胤乇 蹖讴 丕賵乇孬蹖賳讴乇 丨乇賮賴鈥屫й� 賲丨爻賵亘 賲蹖卮賴貨 丕賲丕 丌蹖丕 丕蹖賳 賵蹖跇诏蹖 亘乇丕卮 賲賵賴亘鬲 賴爻鬲 蹖丕 毓匕丕亘責 噩賵丕亘蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕 賴乇蹖爻 亘賴卮 賲蹖鈥屬矩必ж操�.
亘禺丕胤乇 賳丨賵賴鈥屰� 亘丕夭爻丕夭蹖 匕賴賳蹖 賵蹖賱 丕夭 氐丨賳賴鈥屬囏й� 賯鬲賱貙 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丿乇 噩乇蹖丕賳 鬲讴 鬲讴 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 丿賱鈥屫必ж簇� 丌夭丕乇丿賴賳丿賴貙 丿賱賴乇賴鈥屫①堌� 賵 诏丕賴丕 睾蹖乇賯丕亘賱 鬲丨賲賱 亘丕卮賳 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟�. 亘賴 丕蹖賳 禺丕胤乇 乇賵丨蹖丕鬲鬲賵賳 乇賵 賲賵賯毓 禺賵丕賳卮 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 賳馗乇 亘诏蹖乇蹖賳 趩賵賳 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 氐丨賳賴鈥屬囏й� 丕賵噩 讴鬲丕亘 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 爻乇蹖丕賱 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 賴爻鬲.
鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 賴乇蹖爻 丿乇 亘禺卮鈥屬囏й屰� 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 亘氐乇蹖 丿丕乇賳 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 鬲氐賵蹖乇 讴卮蹖丿賴 賲蹖卮賳貙 丨丕賱鬲 爻蹖賳賲丕鬲蹖讴 賲丨卮乇蹖 亘賴 禺賵丿卮賵賳 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟�.
賳丕诏賮鬲賴 賳賲丕賳丿 讴賴 鬲乇噩賲賴鈥屰� 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 丿丕蹖乇賴 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 讴賴 鬲賵爻胤 爻賴蹖賱 氐賮丕乇蹖 氐賵乇鬲 诏乇賮鬲賴貙 鬲毓乇蹖賮 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 賳丿丕乇賴 賵 倬賵賱鬲賵賳 乇賵 亘乇丕蹖 禺乇蹖丿 賳爻禺賴鈥屰� 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 賳诏賴 丿丕乇蹖賳. 賲賳 賴賲夭賲丕賳 亘丕 賲鬲賳 丕氐賱蹖 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 禺丕胤乇 倬乇賵爻賴鈥屰� 胤賵賱丕賳蹖鈥屫й� 丿丕卮鬲賲. 鬲乇噩賲賴 爻丕賳爻賵乇 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賳丿丕乇賴 丕賲丕 禺蹖賱蹖 禺卮讴 賵 亘蹖 賴蹖趩 馗乇丕賮鬲蹖貙 蹖讴爻乇蹖 讴賱賲賴 乇賵 倬卮鬲 賴賲 乇丿蹖賮 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇賵 诏蹖噩 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 賵蹖乇丕爻鬲丕乇蹖 亘丿 賴賲 丿乇卮 亘蹖鈥屫ж屫� 賳蹖爻鬲. 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 亘禺卮鈥屬囏ж� 讴賱賲丕鬲蹖 乇賵 亘乇丕蹖 噩丕蹖诏夭蹖賳 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 讴丕賲賱丕 丕卮鬲亘丕賴賳 賵 丨鬲蹖 賲毓賳蹖 乇賵 爻禺鬲鈥屫� 讴乇丿賴. 丿乇 讴賱 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿卮 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�.
丿乇 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕 鬲讴 鬲讴 丕賯鬲亘丕爻鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 丕夭 丕蹖賳 噩賱丿 卮丿賴 賵 丕氐賱丕 亘賴 賯賱賲 賴乇蹖爻 賵賮丕丿丕乇 亘賵丿賳 蹖丕 賳賴貙 丕夭 丿蹖丿 蹖賴 鬲賲丕卮丕诏乇 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 丿乇 亘禺卮 亘毓丿蹖 亘賴 鬲乇鬲蹖亘 夭賲丕賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屬矩必ж操�.

Manhunter (1986)

賳馗乇 賲賳 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 丕蹖賳 賮蹖賱賲 鬲賮丕賵鬲 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 亘丕 禺賵丿 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賳丿丕乇賴:
For years, Harris didn鈥檛 watch it. He had been disappointed by 鈥淢anhunter,鈥� the 1986 adaptation of 鈥淩ed Dragon,鈥� and 鈥渨as sort of down on the movies.

丨丕賱丕 趩乇丕 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 亘賵丿責 丕賵賱丕 讴賴 鬲賮丕賵鬲鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿蹖 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕卮鬲 賵 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 丿乇 噩賴鬲 夭蹖亘丕鬲乇 讴乇丿賳 賵 倬乇 讴乇丿賳 丨賮乇賴鈥屬囏й� 禺丕賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 讴丕乇 亘乇賴. 丿乇 噩賴鬲 賳丕亘賵丿蹖 丕孬乇 亘賴 讴丕乇 乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿!
亘賴 胤賵乇 賲孬丕賱 氐丨賳賴鈥屬囏й� 鬲乇爻賳丕讴 賵 賳賮爻诏蹖乇 讴鬲丕亘貙 蹖丕 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 蹖丕 丕氐賱丕 丕賵賳 丨爻 賱丕夭賲 乇賵 亘賴 亘蹖賳賳丿賴 賲賳鬲賯賱 賳賲蹖鈥屭┴必�.
亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 鬲賮丕賵鬲 馗丕賴乇蹖 賵 爻賳蹖 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕卮鬲賳.
亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 亘丿賵賳 丿乇 賳馗乇 诏乇賮鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘 賵 丿乇 噩賴鬲 毓讴爻貙 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 丿乇丕賵賲丿賴 亘賵丿賳 亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕賵賳 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 丿乇 爻蹖乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 鬲丕孬蹖乇 丿丕卮鬲賳 賵 丕氐賱丕 鬲丨賱蹖賱蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫簇� 亘乇 丕爻丕爻 賴賲蹖賳鈥屬囏� 卮讴賱 賲蹖鈥屭辟佖�.
倬丕蹖丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 賴賲 賲賴賲 亘賵丿 丕氐賱丕 亘賴 賴蹖趩 噩丕蹖 爻丕夭賳丿賴 賳亘賵丿 賵 讴丕賲賱丕 亘乇毓讴爻 丿乇卮 丌賵乇丿賳.
亘賴 賲丕賳賳丿 亘賯蹖賴鈥屰� 丌孬丕乇 丕賯鬲亘丕爻蹖貙 丕蹖賳 賮蹖賱賲 賴賲 亘賴 趩蹖夭蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿诏丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭卮 诏賮鬲賴 亘卮賴貨 蹖毓賳蹖 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賵蹖賱 賵 賴賳蹖亘丕賱. 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 賮賯胤 蹖讴 賲賱丕賯丕鬲 氐賵乇鬲 诏乇賮鬲賴 丕賲丕 丿乇 丌孬丕乇 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 賳蹖爻鬲賳 賵 亘禺丕胤乇 噩匕丕亘蹖鬲 丕蹖賳 丿賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴卮賵賳 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 卮丿賴.

Red dragon (2002)

賵丕賯毓丕 卮賵禺蹖鬲賵賳 诏乇賮鬲賴責! 賲賳 丕氐賱丕 讴丕乇蹖 亘賴 亘丕夭蹖 亘夭乇诏賵丕乇 賳丿丕乇賲 賵賱蹖 丌賳鬲賵賳蹖 賴丕倬讴蹖賳夭 亘乇丕蹖 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 丕賯鬲亘丕爻蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵賱 禺蹖賱蹖 倬蹖乇 賴爻鬲. 丕蹖賳 賲賵囟賵毓 賵丕賯毓丕 趩蹖夭蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 亘禺賵丕賲 賳丕丿蹖丿賴鈥屸€屫� 亘诏蹖乇賲 趩賵賳 鬲賮丕賵鬲 爻賳蹖 賵蹖賱 賵 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 賴賲 夭蹖丕丿 賳蹖爻鬲賳 賵 賴乇 丿賵卮賵賳 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 趩賴賱 爻丕賱 丿丕乇賳. 丕賲丕 丿乇 賮蹖賱賲 丕蹖賳 賲賯賵賱賴 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴 趩卮賲 賲蹖丕丿 賵 禺亘 亘丕 鬲賵噩賴 亘賴 讴丕乇賴丕蹖蹖 賴賲 讴賴 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 趩賳丿 爻丕賱 賯亘賱 丕賳噩丕賲 丿丕丿賴 丕氐賱丕 賲賳胤賯蹖 賳蹖爻鬲.
卮禺氐蹖鬲 倬乇丿丕夭蹖 賵蹖賱 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 卮亘丕賴鬲 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賳丿丕乇賴 賵 禺賵亘 丿乇賳蹖賵賲丿賴.
亘賴 賲丕賳賳丿 亘賯蹖賴鈥屸€屰� 丌孬丕乇 丕賯鬲亘丕爻蹖貙 賵蹖賱 賵 賴賳蹖亘丕賱 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 亘乇禺賱丕賮 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕乇賳 賵 禺亘 賲賳 蹖讴蹖 丕蹖賳 鬲賮丕賵鬲 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲 賵 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 讴賲亘賵丿賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 亘賵丿.
蹖讴爻乇蹖 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 賲賴賲 賴賲 亘賵丿賳 賲孬賱 賮蹖賱賲 賯亘賱蹖 乇毓丕蹖鬲 賳卮丿賴 亘賵丿.
丿乇 讴賱 鬲丕 丕蹖賳噩丕蹖 讴丕乇貙 賲賳 丿賵 賮蹖賱賲 丕賯鬲亘丕爻蹖 乇賵 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賲诏賴 丕蹖賳讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 倬蹖诏蹖乇 亘丕卮蹖賳.

Hannibal (2013_2015)

丕诏乇 賵 鬲賳賴丕 丕诏乇 亘丿丕賳蹖丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 鬲賮丕賵鬲鈥屬囏й� 趩卮賲诏蹖乇 趩賯丿乇 亘賴 鬲讴 鬲讴 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 亘賴 胤賵乇 賴賵卮賲賳丿丕賳賴鈥屫й� 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 卮诏賮鬲鈥屫藏� 禺賵丕賴蹖丿 卮丿!
亘乇丕蹖丕賳 賮賵賱乇貙 爻丕夭賳丿賴鈥屰� 爻乇蹖丕賱 亘賴 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 讴賴 丕夭 丿賱丕蹖賱 讴賲 丕賲鬲蹖丕夭 丿丕丿賳 禺賵丕賳賳丿诏丕賳 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘賵丿賴.
亘賴 胤賵乇 賲孬丕賱 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 夭賳 讴賲蹖 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賴 賵 賮賵賱乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賳讴鬲賴 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 讴乇丿賴 鬲丕 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 賲乇丿 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 丿乇 爻乇蹖丕賱卮 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 夭賳 亘賴 鬲氐賵蹖乇 亘讴卮賴. 蹖毓賳蹖 賮乇丿蹖 賱賵賳丿夭 賵 丕賱丕賳 亘賱賵賲 丿乇 爻乇蹖丕賱貙 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 夭賳 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賳.
鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 讴鬲丕亘 讴賴 噩夭賵 亘禺卮鈥屬囏й� 賴丕蹖賱丕蹖鬲鈥屫堌� 賲丨爻賵亘 賲蹖鈥屫簇嗀� 丿乇 爻乇蹖丕賱 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 丿蹖丕賱賵诏鈥� 丿乇 丕賵賲丿賴.
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736 reviews4,560 followers
April 3, 2021
4.5 stars. This was wild! Loved it. Full review to come.
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Author听3 books1,863 followers
February 15, 2009
Is it heresy to say that I liked both film versions better than I liked the book? Probably, but it's true.

Thomas Harris isn't the finest writer in the world, and I think even he'd acknowledge that, but he is full of great ideas, and is absolutely one of his best.

I think the mark of how great his ideas are is that they almost always make a compelling transfer to the screen, and Red Dragon has made that transition twice: once as Michael Mann's Manhunter and once as the more faithful . Each film provides a different take on Harris' most famous character, Hannibal Lecter, both films provide a chilling effect on the viewer's emotions, and both films offer up a frightening -- though very different -- Francis Dolarhyde.

Harris' writing is cinematic in structure and quality, making his books easy to transfer to the screen. Characters, settings and even action can be dropped or rolled into others or completely altered without harming the telling of the tale. Much of this is about the mood Harris creates. There is an underlying suspense and oppression in his books that gives a screen writer or director a sound compass for adaptation, allowing him/her to do justice to a Harris book by maintaining the spirit of the story -- no matter what changes are required by the shift to cinema.

Still, as a novel is merely enjoyable. A rather twisted and macabre diversion, but a diversion nonetheless. It is one of those late night, make you uncomfortable reads, or a dreary, rainy, wish you were at the beach reads.

There is much to like in , but it is essentially high end pulp, which is a good thing. And more than enough to recommend it to anyone who likes something a little twisted, with just a hint of the anti-hero.
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1,518 reviews1,494 followers
February 21, 2018
I 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 one named Red Dragon, not the earlier movie named Mindhunter) until a couple months ago. The movie stays pretty close to book although I did picture the tv version of Will Graham and of course Anthony Hopkins as Lecter.

Red Dragon is the novel that introduced us to the iconic character Hannibal Lecter. The only problem I had with this book is there wasn't enough Lecter. This book is fantastically written. I've read other reviews that disliked The Tooth Fairy(I'm calling him that because he would hate it) grandmother subplot but I like it when the villains background is fleshed out. I will let you know that I thought the book lost steam at the 300 page count but it finished strong.

P.S. If you get a chance Google The New York Times reviews of the book written by Christopher Lehmann, its a weird a different take on book. Apparently he felt the author is making fun of Liberals and doesn't take childhood trauma serious. Its a funny read.

I would recommend Red Dragon to fans of the movie The Silence of the Lambs and readers who love a twisted villain.
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2,466 reviews1,367 followers
April 11, 2019
For some unbeknown reason I鈥檇 never gotten around to reading this series.
Lecter is such an iconic and fascinating character, even though it鈥檚 hard not to conjure up and image of Hopkins portrayal when thinking of him. It鈥檚 still a series I really should have read by now...

Though Red Dragon introduces the character, it鈥檚 really just that - a small cameo that peaks the interest and it鈥檚 not surprising that he would later return.

The story鈥檚 main focus is former FBI agent Will Graham having retired after sustaining an injury when capturing Lecter reluctantly agrees to help with a new serial killer case.
The scenes were Graham visits Lecter for advice on the current 鈥楾ooth Fairy鈥� murders after the events 3 years previous was so tense and gripping.

Finding out who the serial killer鈥檚 identity in the early part of the book was such an interesting and unique way of exploring the characters motivations, especially the flashback scenes through his childhood.

I鈥檇 not seen either movie adaptation (Manhunter - 1986 or Red Dragon 2002) so it was nice to experience the story for the first time.
I actually quite liked the Lecter only played a small role in the story, it meant that I could enjoy the other characters without that baggage.
I鈥檓 curious to watch both movies before moving onto the more commonly known second book.
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April 23, 2022
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1,036 reviews873 followers
May 1, 2020
Memories of Grandmother, ghastly vestiges lingering years after her death.听 Her hideously malformed dentures are still contained in a glass by her bed, an ancient wheelchair bides its time in the corner.听 Decades earlier, a young boy has been situated under the dining table amongst a virtual forest of oldsters' blue-veined legs.听 Unwanted, unloved, deformed, and ugly.听 Now that he is grown, it isn't much of a leap to surmise he has turned into an individual who is warped and twisted, scarred in every way there is.听 Scissors, incisors, and mirrors.听 Maybe, just maybe, he is looking for the perfect family so he can belong.听 Yessssss, maybe he is slowly Becoming ....听 can you see?
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2,273 reviews1,806 followers
April 25, 2020
Actual rating 3.5/5 stars. This is the first instalment in the Hannibal Lecter series.

The Red Dragon is lurking. Each full moon sees him strike at unsuspecting families, invading their homes and murdering them in their beds. None can stop him. None, that is, but Will Graham. He returns from retirement to once again enter the mind of a serial killer. Something he swore to avoid since his mind brushed against that of the renowned Hannibal Lecter. But even more of him will soon come into contact with his fearsome foe, as he finds he needs the man he put behind bars to help him put another in his place.

I was initially disappointed to find that Hannibal did not feature more prominently inside this book. When he did feature, interactions were brief yet chilling, and displayed his astute process for fact-finding and the workings of his extraordinary mind. When he did not feature, he still did so, but only as the ever-present spector that haunted Will's mind. It left me longing for more, a desire I'm sure the rest of the series will satiate.

The Red Dragon was also provided with a perspective, something I usually dislike in crime fiction. His mind was just as chilling one to enter and his details of his numerous crimes left me feeling sickened.

The downfall of this novel, for me, came largely from the conclusion. Will Graham was coming ever closer to solving the puzzling presence of the man behind the Red Dragon's mask and just before he was able to do so something occurs which makes it known for him. I really wanted him to come to this conclusion himself and was disappointed to see this not be the case. A plot twist followed, however, that took me wholly by surprise and ensured I closed the book with almost entirely positive appraisal and eager to continue on with the series.
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1,891 reviews286 followers
June 9, 2022
Review of Kindle edition
Publication date: December 24, 2008
Publisher: Berkley
Language: English
ASIN: B001ODEP8U
436 pages

This is a novel which hammers at the frightening fact that monsters are very real. Real and much more terrifying than any creatures of legend or fiction. Vampires, werewolves, creatures of the Cthulu mythos pale in comparison to those monsters who live among us everyday, usually completely indistinguishable from everyone else until they strike.

When I first read this I was moving into what I suppose could be called my more advanced law enforcement career in which I was beginning to understand just what kind of world we live in. The serious reflections which came with reading this book and discussing it with more experienced law enforcement personnel altered my habits. No longer would I make a quick trip to the corner store without my weapon. I also insisted that my wife begin to always go armed. Thank goodness I did. Just a few years later there was a serial killer operating near her hometown. On a visit to her parents she had an encounter with a man who met the description and profile of that monster. The encounter ended with her displaying her handgun and the man's rapid retreat. As more information was developed and a more accurate profile drawn, I realized that my wife fit the profile of his preferred victims. Not long after this the killer committed one of his most brutal and heinous atacks. This was one of the most chilling incidents in our lives. Thinking of it still has the power to make my blood run cold.

Since that time my wife and I both have prevented potential violence on several occasions just by displaying weapons. The monsters who live among us are not deterred by holy water, garlic, silver or any of the trappings of fiction. However, guns frequently work. Mr. Harris writes realistically and accurately of two of these monsters. If you don't find this novel disturbing I can only guess that you have little imagination nor any inclination to understand the real world.
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816 reviews367 followers
August 9, 2017
In which Jack Crawford thinks it's a good idea to get help from Will Graham in a 'just one more case' style. A serial killed, named 'the Tooth Fairy' (at first) has killed two families, and he's asking Graham's help in finding the killer before he strikes again. Some help comes from the killer Graham caught before, one named Hannibal Lecter (this is not the novel where he shows up a lot, but I can see how he became popular already from here).

I have seen the older movie of this book, though I don't remember much (apart from what happens with certain Lounds person and his ). The killer appears properly the first time in chapter 9, but some things point already at his killer-name: the red fingerprint powder - "Dragon's Blood" and the . The name also shows up in two other things later: the name of.

I also found it a bit funny when the killer visited the museum in !! XD

But I'll try not to get stuck in details here... I think the story flowed very well. A few surprise turns, a good use of practiced skills. There was also a few things that stuck in my mind, things that make this book more than 'hunt the serial killer':
I found the fate of Will Graham tragic. I'm sure that even if Crawford wouldn't have contacted him for this he would've gone down the same path, though more gradually. Now he just . The whole things is thus also horror of this.

Much better story than I expected. The point of time shows in some things, like the obvious communication ways, but also in the asbestos suits of firemen (asbestos! but this was 70s/80s point of time). On the other hand the character of Reba McClane is such a positive sight: even after all that's happened, I think she will believe Crawford's supporting advice (and I hope her later life was happier). I liked her a lot.
This is a quick-flowing story, a tragic story, and a certain will think about it for a long time. And it will certainly be reread at some point, again. :)
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299 reviews31 followers
April 29, 2021
Esta es mi primera novela de la saga y me ha gustado mucho, es un thriller polic铆aco con con tintes de terror. Debo confesar que me he dejado enga帽ar por la portada, en la cual se hace pensar que el personaje principal es Hannibal, cuando no es as铆, y relegan injustamente al verdadero antagonista que es el Drag贸n Rojo.

Los personajes tienen una personalidad muy bien descrita (tanto los buenos como los malos) y me ha gustado mucho el ingenio que demuestran estos personajes para crear el caos (unos) y para resolver el desastre (otros).

Mientras le铆a el libro ten铆a esa necesidad de querer conocer toda la trama que ven铆a antes de los sucesos de esta novela, tal vez lo recomendable para lectura de la saga sea iniciar con "Hannibal el Origen del Mal"... Al menos yo pasar茅 directo a ese antes de leerme el "Silencio de los Inocentes" para finalmente concluir con "Hannibal".

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191 reviews100 followers
December 13, 2023
Methodical and so intriguing. A few years back one of my favourite authors reviewed a book by Thomas Harris. I made a comment on his review and he mentioned that Harris wrote some classics. I never knew who he was and sadly it has taken way too long to get to one of his.

So I have to admit that Hannibal Lecter is one of my favourite characters. Again because I have watched so many of the movies that are based on Harris' book I could easily see him when he is referenced. Admittedly and perhaps sadly I had never watched the movie based on this book Red Dragon.

The start of this book was just awesome. Every time I had 15/20 minutes to kill I found myself going to it. I have never done this with a book before. I was consumed by it. Yet I learned a very valueable lesson and next year when US Thanksgiving is around the corner I will not be into reading a book as there is just too much damn football on and sadly the football was able to shake my conviction with reading this book and I went basically 4 days without reading it.

That stoppage coincided with a break in the book as well. At the start we see that the Red Dragon, the infamous serial killer has wiped out two families and had started with the death of their family pets. The pet killings are not that detailed but they do exist very briefly.

So the FBI approach retired profiler extraordinaire Will Graham to assist with the case and overcoming his wife's objections he takes on the case. The profiling and the way Graham does it are described in awesome detail. It's like he sees things that no one else can and it is just so buyable because basically such profilers do exist. Yet this case is rare and difficult and Graham knows it. So he has a thought to get the assistance of Hannibal Lecter who almost destroyed him before Graham was able to put him away. So the story of Graham and Lecter is so cool and a great backdrop of course. My edition had a few pages from Harris describing how he came up with the character of Lecter and what went behind it. It was awesome to learn.

So the first part of the book had me consumed with all this. The killings, the hunt fot the killer. The intro to Lecter and how he planned to backstab Graham by getting in touch with the new serial killer once the new serial killer finds out that Graham is trying to use Lecter to nail him. A newspaper reporter got the scoop on that part of the story (Graham using Lecter) and then prints it and that's how the serial killer decides to contact Lecter.

So at this point the story is totally centred on a cat and mouse like game and that's when the football break came. When I got back to reading this after the football break things really changed and at first I was really upset about it all.

Harris moves us away from the thrill of the chase and we get a good hard look at what made our serial killer the nut job that he is. At first I am like boo hoo, cry me a river. There are so many people that have gone through so much (myself included) and don't turn into serial killers. Of course based on the reality of it all it clearly happens, serial killers clearly and sadly exist. Harris also introduces a love interest Reba Mclane. She is blind but the dragon falls in love. We then clearly see that the dragon and the serial killer Francis Dolarhyde are in fact a split personality and a part of each other. The dragon wants to kill Reba and Dolarhyde does not want to. The interplay and the conflict Harris brings out is so real and so in depth. It was just great to read it all.

As the dragon's background and his new love interest play on each other the investigation into the killings by Graham take a back seat. This is where I got somewhat disapponted. I am sure if I had just kept reading in stride things would have been easier and in the end I came to really enjoy the turn the book took. So real frustrating at first and then as I read more and more it really fascinated me.

In the end things come together very nicely including a message from our old friend Hannibal Lecter. It was just a great experience to read this classic and I cannot wait to sink my teeth into the follow up The Silence of the Lambs which as a movie scares the s**t out of me, lol.

An easy five stars though this novel really changes gears but in a oh so good way 馃槑
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779 reviews302 followers
November 20, 2017
Like a poisonous snake on the attack, this novel bites again and again and again, leaving its victim shaken and disturbed. I am somehow one of the only people in the known universe who had never read anything by Thomas Harris 鈥� I鈥檝e remedied that, and am now moving on to this book鈥檚 follow-up, Silence of the Lambs.

Hard case mystery and bloody tale of the macabre in equal measure, Harris explores the sociopathic psychology without fear or hesitation: Frances Dolarhyde and Dr. Hannibal Lecter come alive in a way that is all too rare in modern fiction. And this novel鈥檚 protagonist, troubled investigator Will Graham, is fully fleshed out 鈥� his attempts at overcoming his past are heartbreaking and intoxicating.

One of the scariest books I鈥檝e ever read, Red Dragon left me feeling throttled in a way dark fiction hasn鈥檛 made me feel in some time. This is worthy of all the praise it has received since its release in 1981. This one will stay with me for quite a while.
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953 reviews1,052 followers
September 26, 2022
鈥淔ear comes with imagination, it鈥檚 a penalty, it鈥檚 the price of imagination.鈥�
I first read this book in the early 1990s, before movie came out. Red Dragon was an incredible read, fresh and original. As a reread, when you know what is going to happen, it鈥檚 not quite as good. The book also suffers a bit because over the last 30 years, FBI profiling has become commonly understood and used in books, movies, and TV exhaustively. But my original rating stands. If you鈥檝e never read it before, and like the genre, Red Dragon is a must read. Highly recommended.
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1,073 reviews467 followers
January 18, 2023
I have of course heard of Hannibal Lecter. He's probably one of the few modern day characters that has a place alongside the likes of Dracula -- he's known to so many, even if you haven't read the books, or seen the films (or TV show). I have seen spoofs in shows over and over again, and read references constantly.
I inevitably went into this with a lot of expectations. I knew 'The Silence of the Lambs', the second book, was the one the one where most of my ideas of the character came from (or at least, it's film version) but I figured this would be a solid introduction to the infamous Hannibal Lecter, M.D.
It isn't really -- he's an infrequent presence, chilling but hardly there. The focus is almost entirely on an investigator called Will Graham and a serial killer called The Tooth Fairy/The Red Dragon. Thankfully, this was engrossing enough that I hardly cared that Hannibal was not a main character. I was hooked immediately, and all my expectations fell away as I read on.

Will Graham is a wonderful character, and I was sad to see he doesn't feature again. While I am looking forward to the next book, where I will presumably learn more about Lecter, I think I will miss Will a great deal.
An excellent book. I wanted to read it as quickly as possible, so I could know what was happening, why it was happening, and then inevitably I found myself invested in the characters, including Dolarhyde, their lives, hoping they would be OK etc. I was relieved to finish it, for the sake of knowing everything, but sad too, because it had been such a good book!
I'm very pleased that I have a big omnibus version, so can go straight onto the next one. Its heavy and a bit unwieldy to hold, but once I have it comfortably arranged it's great - with decent sized font thank goodness!
I guess now it's time to leave Will Graham behind, and meet Clarice Starling. I'm pretty sure I wont be able to help picturing Jodie Foster. When I'm done reading the books, I definitely want to see the film/s!
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1,062 reviews318 followers
August 30, 2021
Rating: 猸愨瓙猸愨瓙
Genre: Horror + Thriller

Red Dragon is the first book in the Hannibal Lecter series. It does not concentrate a lot on Lecter though more than introducing him to the reader with some background. The story is more focused on Will Graham (an ex-detective) who has a history with Dr. Lecter and his goal here is to catch the serial killer (Red Dragon) who kills entire families each full moon.

This is a solid entry to the series with a strong protagonist facing a strong antagonist. I usually don鈥檛 enjoy detective stories but this was well written and with interesting fleshed-out characters. My favorite part was in the middle, where we get to see about the childhood of the Red Dragon or the Tooth Fairy as they call the serial killer at the beginning of the story. I felt very sorry for him as a child. The story indirectly tells you that sometimes a toxic family or society can create a monster out of a person. This kind of book needs the right atmosphere and fortunately, it had it! It is chilling and scary, to say the least. There is a lot of tension building that will definitely make you be at the edge of your seat.

I have watched both movie adaptations, Manhunter and Red Dragon. Both were good but the book feels more complete. I鈥檓 looking forward to reading the next book in the series, The Silence of the Lambs because this is one of my favorite movies in the 1990s. Not sure how I will feel about it since I have watched the film already and loved it but if it will be similar to Red Dragon then I will not be disappointed for sure.
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