Red Dragon

There are some disadvantages when we read the two books by same author and same genre in succession. We may feel like things becoming repetitive or predictable soon. Especially the odds are high if we read the earlier of the two later. But in spite of these things Thomas Harris "red dragon" is nice.

I am not sure he had much in mind about Hannibal Lecter , when he wrote this first. It does not revolve much around him as silence of the lambs revolves. The interesting part is the way the protagonist will graham, the detective character is sketched out. Two planned murders have happened at two different places. He is trying to find the link. He lives with the problem. In his subconscious level he is always trying to solve the puzzle. One of the characters in Sujatha's first novel நைலான் கயிறு says that every crime is like a design/ building made using play cards. It may look complex. But if you remove the correct card it will fall down. This story is also about picking that correct card. But the good thing is when Graham pulls out the correct card the reader believe he did it. It does not look like "the author had done 300+ pages and he wants to finish it off, so the hero picks right card."It looks natural.

But the portion which shows why the antagonist had become so looks like an page filler. It does not have the sincerity that exists when Harris writes about the Graham. As a result the antagonists love affair also looks weak.