An edition of Red Dragon (1981)

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An edition of Red Dragon (1981)

Red Dragon

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  • ★★★★ 4.3 (35 ratings)
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Will Graham's unusual, fearful ability to project himself into the minds of psychopaths puts him on the trail of Francis Dolorhyde, whose bizarre and bloody murders of two suburban families have been triggered by his viewing of a William Blake watercolor.

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Putnam
Language
English
Pages
348

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Will Graham William Graham Hannibal Lecter Francis Dolarhyde Jacobi family Leeds family Jack Crawford William Blake Freddy Lounds Frederick Chilton Reba McClane Ralph Mandy Molly Graham Willy Graham Hannibal Lecter (Fictitious character) (1933-)

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Dragon Rouge
2005-05, Mazarine
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El dragón rojo
December 2002, Mondadori (IT)
Paperback in Spanish
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Roter drache: Roman zum film
November 1, 2002, Heyne
Paperback in German
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Dragon Rouge
2002-07, Éd. France loisirs
Hardcover in French
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Red Dragon
2002-09, Dell
Mass Market Paperback in English - Dell movie tie-in edition (45)
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Dragon Rouge
2000-11, Albin Michel
Paperback in French
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Red Dragon
1999?, Dell
Mass Market Paperback in English - Reprint
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Red Dragon
1999?, Dell
Mass Market Paperback in English - Reprint (29)
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Dragão vermelho
1995, Ed. Notícias
Paperback in Portuguese
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Red Dragon
1982-10, Bantam Books, Bantam
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam Edition
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Red Dragon
1981, Putnam
Hardcover in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Series
Hannibal Lecter
Copyright Date
1981

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3558.A6558 R4 1981, PS3558.A6558R4 1981

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
348 p. ;
Number of pages
348
Dimensions
8.375 x 5.75 x 1 inches

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL4262888M
ISBN 10
039912442X
ISBN 13
9780399124426
LCCN
81008674
OCLC/WorldCat
946255394, 7572747
Amazon ID (ASIN)
039912442X
LibraryThing
5882
Goodreads
940536

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL23480W

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Work Description

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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