Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) by Thomas Harris

The novel that launched Hannibal Lecter's legacy of evil.

Sexual hunger; demonic violence; sinister logic - the lethal components of a deadly forumla driving a psychopath in the grip of an unimaginable delusion; a boastful killer who sends the police tormenting notes; a tortured, torturing monster who finds ultimate pleasure in viciously murdering happy families, and calls himself . . .The Red Dragon.