For other uses, see The Manchurian Candidate (disambiguation).
The Manchurian Candidate
First edition
Author
Richard Condon
Cover artist
Bernard Krigstein
Language
English
Genre
Thriller novel
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Publication date
April 27, 1959[1]
Publication place
United States
Media type
Print (hardback)
Pages
311
OCLC
52409655
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 21
LC Class
PS3553.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.
^"Books Today". The New York Times: 25. April 27, 1959.
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