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The Manchurian Candidate
First edition
AuthorRichard Condon
Cover artistBernard Krigstein
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller novel
PublisherMcGraw-Hill
Publication date
April 27, 1959[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages311
OCLC52409655
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3553.O487 M36 2003

The Manchurian Candidate is a novel by Richard Condon, first published in 1959. It 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 novel has twice been adapted into a feature film with the same title: the first was released in 1962 and the second in 2004.

  1. ^ "Books Today". The New York Times: 25. April 27, 1959.

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