![]() ![]() First published in 1959, The Manchurian Candidate is Condon's riveting take on a little-known corner of the cold war, the almost sci-fi concept of American soldiers captured, brainwashed, and programmed by their Chinese captors to return to the states as unsuspected political assassins. Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. ![]() Signed by Richard Condon on the title page. First edition of this brilliant, controversial novel, basis for the 1962 film adaptation, which has been called "the most chilling piece of cold war paranoia ever committed to film" (New York Times).
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