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Original Title:	The Manchurian Candidate
ISBN:	0743482972 (ISBN13: 9780743482974)
Edition Language:	English

The Manchurian Candidate

Richard Condon

Paperback | Pages: 358 pages

Rating: 4.09 | 22484 Users | 416 Reviews

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Title	:	The Manchurian Candidate
Author	:	Richard Condon
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Movie Tie-In Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 358 pages
Published	:	July 20th 2004 by Pocket Book (first published 1959)
Categories	:	Fiction. Thriller. Classics. Mystery. Spy Thriller. Espionage. Politics

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As compelling and disturbing as when it was first published in the midst of the Cold War, "The Manchurian Candidate" continues to enthrall readers with its electrifying action and shocking climax....Sgt. Raymond Shaw is a hero of the first order. He's an ex-prisoner of war who saved the life of his entire outfit, a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the stepson of an influential senator...and the perfect assassin. Brainwashed during his time as a P.O.W., he is a "sleeper" -- a living weapon to be triggered by a secret signal. He will act without question, no matter what order he is made to carry out. To stop Shaw and those who now control him, his former commanding officer, Bennett Marco, must uncover the truth behind a twisted conspiracy of torture, betrayal, and power that will lead him to the highest levels of the government -- and into the darkest recesses of his own mind....

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Description: As compelling and disturbing as when it was first published in the midst of the Cold War, "The Manchurian Candidate" continues to enthrall readers with its electrifying action and shocking climax....Sgt. Raymond Shaw is a hero of the first order. He's an ex-prisoner of war who saved the life of his entire outfit, a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the stepson of an influential senator...and the perfect assassin. Brainwashed during his time as a P.O.W., he is a "sleeper"

I could do nothing but love this book and give it no less than 5 stars. This book was published before I was born. The first movie made from it; directed by the great John Frankenheimer, was released before my first birthday. I had to wait until I was in my 20s to ever see it. And I instantly loved it. Yet I never thought to track down a copy of the book. I found the book just wonderful and fascinating. It made me appreciate the two films that were adapted from it even more. While the story;

OK I haven't seen either of the movies made from this book. But you have heard over and over but the movies although they may have been good didn't really capture the book. I thought the book was stunningly satiric and I think it fits so well with the National politics of 2017. This book is over 50 years old and it's got us cold!OK let's admit it when you're in the middle of a national political nightmare it is wonderful to read a book that makes you laugh at yourself. I'm not much of figuring

I must say, it's interesting reading a book where the author seems to have contempt for nearly all of his characters. At least that was the impression I got when the book started. The Manchurian Candidate is populated with patently unlikable characters, beginning with the central character himself, Raymond Shaw. A sergeant in the US Army during the Korean war, Raymond is utterly unlikable. It's not because he's ugly or stupid or foolish, but rather because he just has no desire to be liked at



A deliciously cynical and satirical pseudo thriller black comedy about McCarthyism and 50s Americana.But wait! you say black comedy?? is this not a psychological thriller about an American soldier who is brainwashed and hypnotized to be a sleeper cell assassin sent in to kill the president?Well, yes it is, but like Trevanians Shibumi, there is the surface adventure story and then the much more interesting underlying allegory told with wit and humor. Condon, who also wrote Prizzi's Honor,

A very interesting look at mind control - but I think the true strength of this book is how it looks at mind control...how this control is accepted as a means to an end by those that are aware of the control; an element of control that is much deeper and much more insidious than just political control.