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Richard Condon

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born

in New York, New York, The United States

March 18, 1915

died

April 09, 1996

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Richard Thomas Condon was a satirical and thriller novelist best known for conspiratorial books such as The Manchurian Candidate.

After service in the United States Merchant Marine, Condon achieved moderate success as a Hollywood publicist, ad writer and Hollywood agent. Condon turned to writing in 1957. Employed by United Artists as an ad writer, he complained that he was wasting time in Hollywood and wished to write a novel. Without Condon's knowledge, his boss, Max E. Youngstein deducted amounts from his salary then fired him after a year giving him the amount of money he had deducted in the form of a Mexican bank account and the key to a house overlooking the ocean in Mexico. Youngstein told him to write his book. His second novel, The M...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 7,179 ratings · 162 reviews · 29 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Manchurian Candidate 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 6,515 ratings — published 1959 — 36 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prizzi's Honor 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter Kills 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 94 ratings — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prizzi's Family 3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mile High 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Infinity of Mirrors 3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1964 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prizzi's Glory 3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 32 ratings — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vertical Smile 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE WHISPER OF THE AXE 3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emperor of America 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Richard Condon

“Mason took in enough cannabis smoke to allow a Lipan Apache manipulating a blanket over it to transmit the complete works of Tennyson.”
― Richard Condon, Money Is Love

tags: marijuana, metaphor

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“Raymond stood as though someone might have just opened a beach umbrella in his bowels.”
― Richard Condon, The Manchurian Candidate

tags: humor

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“Amateur psychiatric prognosis can be fascinating when there is absolutely nothing else to do.”
― Richard Condon, The Manchurian Candidate

tags: humor

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