The Manchurian Candidate

Name: The Manchurian Candidate
Author: Richard Condon
ISBN: 9781562870201

by Richard Condon

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The Manchurian Candidate (1959), by Richard Condon, is a political thriller about the son of a prominent U.S. political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for a Communist conspiracy. The Manchurian Candidate novel has twice been adapted into a feature film; the first is The Manchurian Candidate (1962), which deals with anti-communist hysteria in U.S. politics, and the second is The Manchurian Candidate (2004), which deals with corporate interference in the U.S.

First published 1959 316 pages

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 1
Editions known: 27

Classification

DDC 813.54 LCC PS-3553.00000000.O487 M36 1959c AssassinsBrainwashingCold WarFictionFiction, espionageFiction, mystery & detective, generalFiction, politicalFiction, suspense

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