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

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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;

LOVED IT! everything about this book is what I want in my reading..intrigue, psychology, historical perspective, and crime!

I just found this book to be a fun read. I probably did not take it as seriously as the author had meant for it to be taken when he wrote it in the late 1950s. That was almost 56 years ago -- so yes the book is dated but that was part of what I enjoyed including the sometimes corny conversations and overblown descriptions the author used which would make me flinch if found today in a book written in 2015. Bottom line, it kept me reading well into the night. I will also admit I let out a solo



Grade: FI really wanted to like this novel, the movie was good but the book...holy cattle it is obnoxious! The style of writing was too much to take! Ugh! Attempted highbrow prose with the most ridiculous descriptions of people and things that I have EVER read! Sorry, couldn't be bothered to finish it therefore it automatically gets grade F!

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;

If Kurt Vonnegut had written a political thriller it would have read a lot like this.The Manchurian Candidate is famous now for two reasons. First, it has inspired two films, one directed by John Frankenheimer in 1962, the other by Jonathon Demme in 2004. Second, it has proven as gloomily prophetic a political satire as has George Orwell's also-classic 1984. Let's talk about that second point.Consider this passage:"Nonetheless her Johnny had become the only American in the country's history of