--- product_id: 99160377 title: "Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter Book 1)" price: "₹ 443" currency: INR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/99160377-red-dragon-hannibal-lecter-book-1 store_origin: IN region: India --- # Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter Book 1) **Price:** ₹ 443 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter Book 1) - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 443 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/99160377-red-dragon-hannibal-lecter-book-1) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Feed your fears with the terrifying classic that introduced cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter. FBI agent Will Graham once risked his sanity to capture Hannibal Lecter, an ingenious killer like no other. Now, he’s following the bloodstained pattern of the Tooth Fairy, a madman who’s already wiped out two families. To find him, Graham has to understand him. To understand him, Graham has only one place left to go: the mind of Dr. Lecter. Review: A COMPLETE MASTERPIECE - Harris’ serial killer suspense crackles with equal parts humanity and depravity. No shocking twists but rather gut-churning dread and helpless inevitability. A master work of modern fiction. Review: Great Psychological Horror and Amazing Characters - **SPOILERS THROUGHOUT REVIEW** I'm a big fan of the character-driven novel, and "Red Dragon" had three of the best, most well-written characters I've ever read in a crime novel: Francis Dolarhyde, Reba McClane, and Freddy Lounds. Too bad the main character--Will Graham, a disturbed semi-retired FBI agent--was too boring to keep my attention for the first half of the novel. If you're looking for a Hannibal Lecter book, this isn't it. In fact, he is only a bit character who corresponds with the real villain of the novel, Francis Dolarhyde, aka The Tooth Fairy, aka The Red Dragon. Lecter and Graham had a run-in three years prior to when the novel takes place that left Graham nearly killed and Lecter is high-security prison (think much more The Silence of the Lambs and much less NBC's "Hannibal," the latter which was apparently inspired by this novel with very little similarities). Lecter sends advice to Dolarhyde, who has killed two families through his evil alter-ego The Red Dragon. I separate this book into thirds. The first third is dry and dull, a lot of detailed descriptions of crime scenes and DNA samples and fingerprints, stuff that ceases to interest those who have read hundreds of crime novels or watched hundreds of episodes of CSI. We get to know Will Graham and his long-suffering young wife who seems way too patient for him. The second third is when things get interesting- we get a full overview of Dolarhyde's absolutely painful, miserable life and childhood and we actually start to sympathize with him, a feat that has to be done carefully in crime novels. He was abused physically, emotionally, and somewhat sexually by his grandmother and taunted endlessly by his peers due to being born with a cleft palate and a speech impediment. I couldn't put the book down during this part. We also view the demise of the wormy Freddy Lounds who, although an awful man, is a really interesting character. He's gross, rat-faced, and cruel, but he's also ambitious, cunning, and incredibly cutthroat. His death is pretty gruesome and I wish we got more of him before he had to go. And then we meet Reba McClane. Oh, Reba, how I love you. You're this funny, smart, confident woman who is thrust in this absolute horror story and you fell in love with this insane man and he loved you and we all wanted this happy ending where you fixed this man and you helped each other survive in this messed up world. But "Red Dragon" isn't that kind of book, and even though Reba made it through the flames, I still shed a tear for her. Don't read this book if you're looking for an experience like the TV show "Hannibal." The characters aren't the same and the tone is completely different. But this book will really surprise you with emotion, and some of the characters are intensely memorable ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #26,093 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #26 in Hard-Boiled Mystery #131 in Hard-Boiled Mysteries (Kindle Store) #238 in Serial Killer Thrillers | ## Images ![Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter Book 1) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81gq7IHmJGL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A COMPLETE MASTERPIECE *by S***N on June 7, 2026* Harris’ serial killer suspense crackles with equal parts humanity and depravity. No shocking twists but rather gut-churning dread and helpless inevitability. A master work of modern fiction. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Psychological Horror and Amazing Characters *by J***R on June 4, 2013* **SPOILERS THROUGHOUT REVIEW** I'm a big fan of the character-driven novel, and "Red Dragon" had three of the best, most well-written characters I've ever read in a crime novel: Francis Dolarhyde, Reba McClane, and Freddy Lounds. Too bad the main character--Will Graham, a disturbed semi-retired FBI agent--was too boring to keep my attention for the first half of the novel. If you're looking for a Hannibal Lecter book, this isn't it. In fact, he is only a bit character who corresponds with the real villain of the novel, Francis Dolarhyde, aka The Tooth Fairy, aka The Red Dragon. Lecter and Graham had a run-in three years prior to when the novel takes place that left Graham nearly killed and Lecter is high-security prison (think much more The Silence of the Lambs and much less NBC's "Hannibal," the latter which was apparently inspired by this novel with very little similarities). Lecter sends advice to Dolarhyde, who has killed two families through his evil alter-ego The Red Dragon. I separate this book into thirds. The first third is dry and dull, a lot of detailed descriptions of crime scenes and DNA samples and fingerprints, stuff that ceases to interest those who have read hundreds of crime novels or watched hundreds of episodes of CSI. We get to know Will Graham and his long-suffering young wife who seems way too patient for him. The second third is when things get interesting- we get a full overview of Dolarhyde's absolutely painful, miserable life and childhood and we actually start to sympathize with him, a feat that has to be done carefully in crime novels. He was abused physically, emotionally, and somewhat sexually by his grandmother and taunted endlessly by his peers due to being born with a cleft palate and a speech impediment. I couldn't put the book down during this part. We also view the demise of the wormy Freddy Lounds who, although an awful man, is a really interesting character. He's gross, rat-faced, and cruel, but he's also ambitious, cunning, and incredibly cutthroat. His death is pretty gruesome and I wish we got more of him before he had to go. And then we meet Reba McClane. Oh, Reba, how I love you. You're this funny, smart, confident woman who is thrust in this absolute horror story and you fell in love with this insane man and he loved you and we all wanted this happy ending where you fixed this man and you helped each other survive in this messed up world. But "Red Dragon" isn't that kind of book, and even though Reba made it through the flames, I still shed a tear for her. Don't read this book if you're looking for an experience like the TV show "Hannibal." The characters aren't the same and the tone is completely different. But this book will really surprise you with emotion, and some of the characters are intensely memorable ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thomas Harris's novel "Red Dragon" will thrill, horrify, and entertain. *by M***S on June 22, 2017* “Red Dragon” is an outstanding crime/horror novel by Thomas Harris. Originally published in 1981, it’s the first in the “Hannibal Lecter” series of crime novels that Harris authored over the course of eighteen years. “Red Dragon” is a highly entertaining book that eventually spawned two major feature films: “Manhunter,” 1986; and its namesake “Red Dragon,” 2002. Two cities of the Deep South – Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia – are shaken to their roots by grisly murders that appear to be the work of a serial killer. In each city, in the middle of a night with a full moon, an unknown intruder breaks into the home of an affluent family and viciously tortures, mutilates, and kills each family member, paying singularly savage attention to the women. He uses mirrors as part of his killing ritual. Former FBI profiler Will Graham very reluctantly agrees to come out of medical retirement to help solve the cases, before the killer strikes again at next full moon. Previously, Graham had caught the infamous Hannibal Lecter, who had very nearly killed Graham during his arrest. Graham asks Lecter, who is confined to a state institution for the criminally insane, to help him identify clues to the serial killer’s identity. Lecter agrees, but only to further his own sadistically deranged agenda… Meanwhile, the killer, who has been nicknamed “The Tooth Fairy” by a particularly odious, scandal-mongering tabloid newspaper, continues planning his next crime. He has already identified his next victims from home movies and photos he has seen of them. But he puts his plans on hold – at least for a while – when he becomes intimately involved with Reba McClane, a blind young woman who works in the same place he does… Those who have seen either of the movies that are based upon this book will notice that Harris’s novel “Red Dragon” is much richer and more detailed than either film. Although both films retain the same basic plot structure, they do alter many characters and plot points for the sake of dramatic effect. As good as the movies are, the book upon which they are based is even better. Although perhaps not quite as good as Harris’s later “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Red Dragon” is nevertheless an excellent novel that will thrill, horrify, and entertain. 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