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by Richard Condon (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: No Exit Press; New edition edition (11 Oct 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1874061084
  • ISBN-13: 978-1874061083
  • Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 313,828 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Everyone knows John Frankenheimer's controversial 1962 film starring Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury, and everyone will see Jonathan Demme's 2004 remake starring Denzel Washington, but these days too few have read the best-selling novel on which the movies are based. Originally published in 1959, this is a terrifying political thriller featuring Sergeant Raymond Shaw, ex-prisoner of war, Medal of Honor winner, American hero...and brainwashed political assassin. "Brilliant" - The New Yorker


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Richard Condon was born in New York City and worked in the movie business for twenty years before he started writing novels. In addition to THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE his bestsellers include PRIZZI'S HONOR. He died in 1996. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best political thrillers around, 27 Nov 2004
Richard Condon is a terrifically accomplished writer and this is one of his finest moments. Far outshining the 1962 movie (and, one has to presume, the recent remake) The Manchurian Candidate mixes sharp social satire and political insight with taut plotlines and the gymnastic facility with language to which Condon's fans have become well accustomed.

Far from being dated, The Manchurian Candidate's cynical take on media manipulation and the subversion of America's political process reads just as vitally today as it must have done 45 years ago. As someone who first read the book in the late 1970s and has re-read it several times since, I couldn't recommend it higher.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Of historical interest but a bit flawed, 29 Oct 2000
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This is a very strange novel, particularly when read in the cold light of the year 2000. Aside from anything else, it's not about what everybody thinks it's about. The film version staring Frank Sinatra had the main character, Raymond Shaw, as a brainwashed Presidential assassin. The film was a thriller. The novel, however, whilst involving a brainwashed assassin, is more a skewed satire about the state of America and American politics circa 1959. Not only that but in the forty one years since it was written, many of its ideas have become so hackneyed that they've passed into popular humour (the image of the disguised assassin assembling his sniper rifle from a high vantage point is one of the oldest film devices in the book). The plot is actually quite brief (I won't go into it here) - it would fit into 100 pages, at most - but is stretched almost to breaking point across the whole 300+ page novel. It's almost as if there isn't enough plot to go around. And as for the narrative, well, the way Richard Condon writes puts one in mind of an intellectual drunk rambling on at 2am in the morning - theories about politics and human nature are expounded whether they have relevance to the story or not. Frequently these major diversions are complete with ridiculously obtuse language which will have you reaching for the dictionary. You almost feel as if he's writing for his own entertainment rather than yours. This makes reading the novel rather like trying to make out a scene on the other side of a frosted glass window - you have an idea what's going on but are not quite sure or entirely confident about it all. This might be part of the design but it's hard to understand why. The twists and turns in the novel's plot are unexpected but have the force of being hit by wet lettuce - they raise an eyebrow at most. Frequently they lack build-up so become hard to appreciate (Raymond meets wife, Raymond is married, Raymond's wife is murdered - all in the space of around ten pages). So why bother to read the novel? Well, it has historical interest. It's the genus of a thousand spy stories and thrillers that followed. And Condon does have a certain snappy writing style which definitely appeals to some people. There's certainly substance in this novel. It's just frequently very hard to get at it, leaving many readers attempting to dissect the novel to figure out what Condon was actually trying to say and communicate.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well written book with slightly dated feel, 6 Jul 1999
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Written in 1959 the backdrop feels very dated, and the writing style stiff. However this is an enthralling story, illuminating to anyone that thinks crime and drug abuse began in the 1960s and an enjoyable read.
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