Title: Red Dragon
First published: 1981
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.
Subjects: Novel, psychiatrists, cannibalism, serial killers, offender profiling, FBI, stalking, photographic processing, The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun, dissociative identity disorder, child abuse, sadistic personality disorder, tabloids, erectile dysfunction, homosexuality, Battle of Shiloh, American Civil War, Criminal profilers, Government investigators, Serial murder investigation, Detective and mystery fiction, Thrillers, Suspense fiction, Mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery and detective stories, American Detective and mystery stories, American Horror tales, Asesinatos seriales, Detective and mystery stories, American, Ficción, Horror tales, American, Investigadores gubernamentales, Novela de misterio, Serial murders, Thriller, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, psychopaths, homicide investigation, Serial murderers, Fiction, horror, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Large type books, Graham, will (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Lecter, hannibal (fictitious character), fiction, Hannibal Lecter (Fictitious character), Serial murders, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, Enquêteurs de la fonction publique, Romans, nouvelles, Meurtres en série, NOVELAS ESTADOUNIDENSES
Places: United States, Birmingham, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, Marathon, Florida, St. Louis, Brooklyn Museum, Shiloh
People: 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-)
Time periods: 1975, 1979