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The Manchurian Candidate

By:Richard Condon
Publisher:Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Print ISBN:9781409147800
eText ISBN:9780795335068
Edition:0
Copyright:1959
Format:Reflowable

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The classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: "Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating." — The New Yorker   A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sgt. Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon—a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors' signal. Now he's been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate running for US president . . .   This "shocking, tense" and sharply satirical novel has become a modern classic, and was the basis for two film adaptations ( San Francisco Chronicle).   "Crammed with suspense." — Chicago Tribune   "Condon is wickedly skillful." — Time