ELLROY READS – Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

For the latest episode of Ellroy Reads, I take the viewer back to 1981 and the start of the serial killer genre craze that began with the publication of Thomas Harris’s Red Dragon. Red Dragon, the novel that introduced Dr Hannibal ‘the Cannibal’ Lector to the world, had a huge effect on genre fiction. It also had a profound influence on the work of James Ellroy, who would strive to write great serial killer novels for several years before finding his voice on other subjects.

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