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The Manchurian candidate

  • Richard Condon

3.00

1 ratings

Sgt Raymond Shaw is a hero of the first order. He's an ex-prisoner of war who saved the life of his entire outfit, a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the stepson of an influential senator...and the perfect assassin. Brainwashed during his time as a POW he is a 'sleeper', a living weapon to be triggered by a secret signal. He will act without question, no matter what order he is made to carry out.

To stop Shaw, his former commanding officer must uncover the truth behind a twisted conspiracy of torture, betrayal and power that will lead to the highest levels of the government...

Genres

  • Fiction
  • Mothers and sons
  • Assassins
  • Cold War
  • Brainwashing
  • Politicians' spouses
  • Veterans
  • Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Political fiction
  • War
  • Fiction, suspense
  • Fiction, political
  • Fiction, thrillers
  • Mothers and sons, fiction
  • Fiction, espionage
  • Fiction, thrillers, general
  • Large type books
  • Fiction, thrillers, espionage
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • Fiction, thrillers, suspense
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About the author

  • Richard Condon

    born 1915

    3.00

    1 ratings · 52 works

Editions

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    Pocket Star

    2004

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    Signet

    March 1, 1969

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    Jove

    February 1, 1988

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    Wheeler Pub.

    2005

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1st Four Walls Eight Windows ed.

Four Walls Eight Windows

2003

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    Armchair Detective Library

    1991

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    Blackstone Audiobooks, Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks, Blackstone Pub

    December 1995

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    Largeprint edition

    Ulverscroft Large Print Books, Charnwood

    November 1981

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    Books on Tape, Inc.

    November 1, 1976

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    [New] ed.

    Michael Joseph, Michael Joseph Ltd

    1972

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    Dramatists Play Service

    January 1998

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    Pocket Star Books

    2004

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    Pocket Star Books

    2004

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    New American Library

    1959

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    Penguin

    1973

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    New Ed edition

    Oldcastle

    January 2000

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    Signet

    March 1, 1969

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    DH Audio

    November 1986

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    [1st ed.]

    McGraw-Hill

    1959

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    Books On Tape

    May 1988

  • Edition cover

    Signet

    December 1, 1972

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    The New American Library

    1962

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    Pocket Star Books

    2004

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    [1st ed.]

    McGraw-Hill

    1959

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    No Exit Press

    1993

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    Arrow

    1982

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    Joseph

    1960