The Manchurian Candidate

by Richard Condon · first published 1959

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. government.

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Genre:

Spy fiction

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 3.0 / 5 (1 on Open Library)

Year page:

1959