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The Manchurian Candidate

Richard Condon

Paperback | Pages: 358 pages

Rating: 4.09 | 22484 Users | 416 Reviews

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

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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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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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Ratings: 4.09 From 22484 Users | 416 Reviews

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One of the best books I have ever read. The plotting & characters are strong and perfectly developed. It carries a humor that isn't brought forward in the cinema. A deeply funny and disturbing book.

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

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 read the original version of this when I was a teenager, after seeing the marvellous (first) film starting Laurence Harvey and Frank Sinatra. Richard Condon became one of my favourite authors, and I think I read every novel he wrote. The great thing about Condon was his range: everything from satires on the Kennedy assassination, American Presidential elections and the US intelligence services, through to complex caper books involving art thieves, the mafia and the international financial

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

This is one weird book. Seriously weird. I've seen the old movie with Frank Sinatra. I've seen the new(er) one with Denzel Washington. Although one of those is very good (1st one) and one of them is so-so (2nd one), neither of them convey the (for want of a better word) weirdness of the book. There are places where you can't help but laugh, but you feel guilty as this isn't a funny book. There are places where you feel sorry for the main character, but you know you shouldn't because he's about

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