Red Dragon (1981)

I worked at Dell/Delacorte, part of Bantam Doubleday Dell at that time, when this edition came out. My former roommate did the dirty and introduced me to this author a few years before. I decided this one couldn't be as scary and read it on New Year's Day.

Holy mother of dog.

From that day to this, I have not read, watched, or listened to anything else by Thomas Harris. And I never, ever will.

But this one didn't make any sense either. ( )

I read this because Otto Penzler said it was the best mystery book of all time (or something similarly superlative). It may well be. I don't read enough of the genre to have an opinion. ( )

Col. "Cinco Estrellas" (91)

http://teensniper.tumblr.com/post/47663737912/150-books-in-2013-33 ( )

As most people of a certain age I was first introduced to Hannibal lector through the film 'The Silence of the Lambs', I always assumed this was the first book in the series and bought it. Then I realised that Red Dragon was the first written so decided to give it a try.

We follow a retired FBI profiler Will Graham, he is brought out to try and locate a new serial killer called the tooth fairy. In order to try and understand the killer he needs to get help from an old adversary in the form of Lector. And so the cat and mouse game begins with Graham never really sure what side Lector is really supporting.

I will def be looking out for the rest of the series. ( )