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The Manchurian Candidate

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Everyone knows the controversial 1962 film of The Manchurian Candidate starring Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury, even though it was taken out of circulation for 25 years after JFK's assassination. Equally controversial on publication, and just as timely today, is Richard Condon's original novel. First published in 1959, The Manchurian Candidate is Condon's riveting take

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Published February 1st 1988 by Jove (first published 1959)

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Dec 11, 2012 Rae rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, suspense-adventure-thriller

Wouldn't you like to pass the time with a little game of solitaire?

Simply put, this is one of the most disturbing and creepy books I have ever read! I had watched bits of the movie years ago, but really didn't remember much about it -- so reading the book was a fresh experience for me.

It is a novel of dysfunction, manipulation, fear and control. It was written in the late 1950s when Communists appeared to be coming out of the woodwork and Joe McCarthy was, for many folks, the most hated man in...more

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Jun 25, 2012 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The original film being one of my favorite cultural artifacts, I'd been curious about The Manchurian Candidate for some time. As I read, it rose gradually in my estimation from 0 to, finally, 3 stars. Its careful plotting, engrossing storytelling, and extremely sympathetic and complex portrait of family dysfunction won me over somewhat, but not completely, from the damage its brutal, cheerful, yet distressingly typical brand of mid-century misogyny and racism did within the first fifty or so pag...more The original film being one of my favorite cultural artifacts, I'd been curious about The Manchurian Candidate for some time. As I read, it rose gradually in my estimation from 0 to, finally, 3 stars. Its careful plotting, engrossing storytelling, and extremely sympathetic and complex portrait of family dysfunction won me over somewhat, but not completely, from the damage its brutal, cheerful, yet distressingly typical brand of mid-century misogyny and racism did within the first fifty or so pages.

Anyone who has seen the 1960s film will know the story. What the novel has to offer (aside from a slightly more complex plot) is a deeper characterization of Raymond Shaw, Bennett Marco, and Eugenie Rose Cheney. Marco does not particularly benefit from this chance to shine, since we learn that he plows through women, is not above beating them if their demeanor fails to please, and, hampered by the repulsive social mores of a healthy patriarchy in its prime, has considerable trouble viewing even his own fiancee as anything more human than a "holy object." Eugenie Rose--the object in question--is still mostly a cipher, but less so than she was in the film; however, in the hands of Condon and of the 1950s, I fail to see how any female character could really become three-dimensional, no matter how spirited she might be.

Persons raised in dysfunctional families will identify considerably with Raymond Shaw, whose stunted emotional growth is made even more clear in the novel, and is completely understandable. Similarly, Marco's PTSD symptoms--never named as such in the book, presumably because PTSD is "weak" and Marco's ailment can, after all, be traced to a slight breakdown in the brainwashing delivered to him at the hands of Chinese psychiatrists--are similarly recognizable and sympathetic. Despite the moral and often emotional repugnance of the book and its cultural point of origin, I found myself unwilling to stop reading. Some of this was my curiosity about how a long-familiar story played out in its original form; some of it, I suspect, was a reader's loyalty to the very damaged, very doomed Raymond Shaw.(less)

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Apr 11, 2012 Ted rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: lit-american, crime-fiction, fiction-of-wartimes

All right, so this is on my crime-fiction bookshelf, but it ain't really that kinda book. Most people here on G-reads call it a thriller, but I don't have that bookshelf, and I ain't gonna build one for one damn book.

Everyone and his cousin has seen at least one a the movies made outta this book. Except me. Never seen either of 'em. But a course I've heard of the book ever since I was in high school, and wanted to read it forever, so I finally picked it up a couple years ago and read it.

Let me t...more

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Nov 15, 2010 Judy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book has been on my "to read" list for more than 30 years. But, I will admit that list has thousands of books on it. Published in 1959, the Manchurian Candidate virtually disappeared after the Kennedy assassination in 1963 for obvious reasons. Sgt. Raymnond Shaw is brainwashed in North Korea by the Chinese after his entire unit was taken captive during the Korean War. Raymond is programmed during his captivity to become a killer at the bidding of his communist controllers and he is returned...more

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Mar 30, 2009 Angie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Manchurian Candidate is a picture of national fear, family dysfunction, and truly terrible betrayals. Raymond Shaw is one of the least likable main characters I've ever met. But I still had compassion for him, as a product of so many people's desires and psychosis, his character is not his fault. Richard Condon describes him as one with his armor. Which is a sad thing, to be unable to shed that.
Even though I know the sort of brainwashing discussed in this book isn't currently possible (as fa...more

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May 01, 2013 John Wilson rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read the original version of this when I was a teenager, after seeing the marvellous (first) film starting Laurence Harvey and Frank Sinatra. Richard Condon became one of my favourite authors, and I think I read every novel he wrote. The great thing about Condon was his range: everything from satires on the Kennedy assassination, American Presidential elections and the US intelligence services, through to complex caper books involving art thieves, the mafia and the international financial comm...more

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Sep 06, 2010 Mike Puma rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, read-and-watched

The Manchurian Candidate, described as a ‘political thriller,’ is much more…so much more. Had it not been for Dusty’s review (above), I wouldn’t have expected the tremendous humor to be encountered within the pages of Condon’s almost prophetic novel. Dusty suggests, “If Kurt Vonnegut had written a political thriller it would have read a lot like this. “ I’m still pondering that, but I have no problem considering MC as if it were written by LeCarre or Ludlum, then edited by a heavy-handed, though...more The Manchurian Candidate, described as a ‘political thriller,’ is much more…so much more. Had it not been for Dusty’s review (above), I wouldn’t have expected the tremendous humor to be encountered within the pages of Condon’s almost prophetic novel. Dusty suggests, “If Kurt Vonnegut had written a political thriller it would have read a lot like this. “ I’m still pondering that, but I have no problem considering MC as if it were written by LeCarre or Ludlum, then edited by a heavy-handed, though lighter-hearted Vonnegut. The novel swings from the simply funny to the bitterest sarcasm. Condon’s character loyalty might put a reader in mind of Cormac McCarthy.

In the preface to the edition I read (the Mysterious Book Club edition with a preface by David Willis McCullough [not to be confused with David McCullough, historian), DWM suggests that when thinking of the Raymond Shaw’s mother (Shaw is the novel’s protagonist), “try to imagine Hamlet’s Gertrude as played by Lady Macbeth.” Reference to Hamlet is worth keeping in mind while reading MC. Where Hamlet is unable to act, Shaw is unable to NOT act. Johnny Iselin, Shaw’s stepfather compares nicely to Claudius. Shaw’s mother is, indeed, one of the most evil literary characters I know of: her reverse-Oedipal relationship with Shaw is staggering and, eventually, very reminiscent of Hamlet’s relationship with Gertrude in her bedroom, while her machinations are definitely those of Lady Macbeth. The final scenes of the masquerade party with its aftermath and the convention combine for a finale to rival Hamlet’s dueling competition with Laertes. Compare/contrast opportunities between MC and Hamlet are worthy of a college term paper. Throw in a Lacanian interpretation of Eleanor Shaw (the mother) and you would have the makings of a Master’s thesis. What fun!

The novel contains numerous historical references that younger readers might not recognize. The Joe McCarthy/anti-communist sentiment of the fifties may not be so obscure.

The story flies by at times, especially toward the end, while at other times the narrative style can creep at a snail’s pace (long, complicated sentences, obscure words, idiolect, etc.). Should the narrative style prove daunting, just remember that it is reflective of the complicated plotting the author employs. Ride it out for a big payoff and a lot of fun. This is one that might haunt you.
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Jul 14, 2009 Don Murphy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I always loved the movie, and finally found a copy of the book. This is one of the few instances where the movie can add details to make a version just as interesting as the book. Parts of the chapters laggged as Condon added exposition to give commentary to the contemporary situation.
Soldiers are captured in Korea and brainwashed, convinced that Shaw saved them from an ambush. He is awarded the Medal of Honor and comes home a hero, only to have been programmed to be an unthinking, uncaring assa...more

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Apr 13, 2013 Indah Threez Lestari rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: in-english, movie-tv-tie-in

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Berdasarkan tanggal yang kutulis di halaman pertama novel ini, aku membelinya pada 3 Juli 2009, dan belum pernah membacanya sampai saat ini. Bab-bab awal memang kurang menarik, tapi makin ke belakang semakin mencekam. Bagaimana caranya kita bisa mengetahui apabila kita telah dicuciotak dan menjadi boneka musuh dan sanggup membunuh orang-orang yang kita cintai tanpa mengingatnya?

Novel ini sudah dua kali difilmkan, tahun 1962 dan 2004, and luckily aku belum menonton keduanya. Dan dari si...more

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Sep 15, 2010 Maciek rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: owned-books, own-in-paperback, read-in-2010, reviewed

The Manchurian Candidate is a novel about conditioning, control and manipulation - and brilliantly explores all these topics. It's concise, well written and one of those brilliant books that you have to read with a straight face because you can't decide whether to laugh or grimace.

Sergeant Raymond Shaw and his fellow G.I.'s have been captured in Korea, where they have been brainwashed by the mysterious chinese doctor Yen Lo. Chinese and Russian scientists select Raymond to be a "sleeper" agent,...more The Manchurian Candidate is a novel about conditioning, control and manipulation - and brilliantly explores all these topics. It's concise, well written and one of those brilliant books that you have to read with a straight face because you can't decide whether to laugh or grimace.

Sergeant Raymond Shaw and his fellow G.I.'s have been captured in Korea, where they have been brainwashed by the mysterious chinese doctor Yen Lo. Chinese and Russian scientists select Raymond to be a "sleeper" agent, make him kill two other troops and brainwash them all to believe that Raymond is responsible for rescuing the rest from an ambush, for which he receives the utmost reward in American military - The Medal of Honor.
After the group returns to the States major Marco starts having nightmares where he stands in front of chinese and soviet officials, while Raymond picks up the telephone and listens to the voice which suggests passing time by playing a little solitaire...

Despite being written over half a century ago The Manchurian Candidate is as entertaining as it was in the fifties. Richard Condon's eccentric style is exquisite - his eccentric use of irony is perfect for the paranoid story he is telling. None of the characters can be described as likeable - each of them has some traits that wouldn't propably make you spend time with their company...especially with mr. Iselin, a commie-hating senator obviously modeled after Joseph McCarthy. But the real gem is his wife who also happens to be Raymond's mother - Mrs. Iselin. She's quite possibly one of the most loathsome villains in fiction - and at the same time one of the most desirable. Condon doesn't spend much space describing her looks - the reader gets to know Ms. Iselin as perfection embodied. The paragraph where he describes her legs is almost nauseatingly arousing - you loathe and despise that woman but you can't help yourself and want her at the same time, because of her allure and devilish mind, helpless like moths flying into the fire, blind to knowledge that the encounter will ultimately lead into your demise, willing to any sacrifice in exchange for only a brief taste of the flame. Brilliant, brilliant absolutely brilliant. The ultimate Femme Fatale.

Richard Condon doesn't try to hide his cynism, but he was that guy who knew that the everything was essentialy shit but the fact didn't stop him from making fun of it. The Manchurian Candidate is, to quote the introduction, "a banana overriped to the point of blackness". It was described as "pulp" if it's pulp, it's Great Pulp. The fact that it's considered as not literary allowed Condon to brilliantly balance between thriller and camp in weird, drunk prose. Practically unfilmable, The Manchurian Candidate is a great, satysfying read. Go get it.
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Dec 05, 2012 Aleisha Z Coleman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

LOVED IT! everything about this book is what I want in my reading..intrigue, psychology, historical perspective, and crime!

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Jul 20, 2009 Dusty rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Dusty by: Carly Sweder

Shelves: read-in-2009

If Kurt Vonnegut had written a political thriller it would have read a lot like this.

The Manchurian Candidate is famous now for two reasons. First, it has inspired two films, one directed by John Frankenheimer in 1962, the other by Jonathon Demme in 2004. Second, it has proven as gloomily prophetic a political satire as has George Orwell's also-classic 1984. Let's talk about that second point.

Consider this passage:

"Nonetheless her Johnny had become the only American in the country's history of p...more If Kurt Vonnegut had written a political thriller it would have read a lot like this.

The Manchurian Candidate is famous now for two reasons. First, it has inspired two films, one directed by John Frankenheimer in 1962, the other by Jonathon Demme in 2004. Second, it has proven as gloomily prophetic a political satire as has George Orwell's also-classic 1984. Let's talk about that second point.

Consider this passage:

"Nonetheless her Johnny had become the only American in the country's history of political villains, studding folk song and story, to inspire concomitant fear and hatred in foreigners, resident in their native countries. He blew his nose in the Constitution, he thumbed his nose at the party system or any other version of governmental chain of command. He personally charted the zigs and zags of American foreign policy at a time when the American policy was a monstrously heavy weight upon world history. To the people of Iceland, Peru, France and Pitcairn Island the label of Iselinism stood for anything and everything that was dirty, backward, ignorant, repressive, offensive, antiprogressive, or rotten, and all of those adjectives must ultimately be seen as sincere tributes to any demagogue of any country on the planet."

The demagogue under review here is the oafish senator stepfather character, Johnny Iselin; however, his name could easily be replaced with "George Bush", Iselinism with "Bushism", and we have in our hands a harrowing fifty-years-in-advance prediction of American policy for the first eight years of the Twenty-First Century. Let me repeat: Harrowing.

The Manchurian Candidate's renewed popularity can be attributed to its cinematic connections and its prophesy. But the novel satisfies on many other levels, too. It is a time-capsule, a convincing glimpse at 1950s American war mentality and paranoia. It is a model of wryly disconnected prose, reminiscent of Vonnegut, wherein a careful reader can lose his- or herself in the allusions and puns and absurd descriptions. It is an insightful character study about a woman who lusts for power and about the depths to which she will reach to achieve political domination. It is a tender portrait of two war-ravished men whose friendship nearly redeems them. And it is an expertly twisted suspense yarn -- one of the best I have ever read.

It's become nearly impossible to discuss this particular book without reference to either of the movies, and I suppose that's a compliment to the movies themselves, the first of which is a bona-fide classic, the second of which is a better-than-average action flick. But maybe Manchurian would have made a better opera or miniseries than a movie; the novel is layered and more deeply developed than any two- or three-hour movie could ever be. In any case, whether you love the movie (how couldn't you?) or haven't ever seen it, you'd do yourself a favor to read the book. It's marvelous.(less)

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Sep 24, 2012 Steve Pearson rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I did not like this book whatsoever; however I think my 8th grade English teacher, Ms. Floyd would have loved it. The author constantly goes away from the action and off into the weeds. I think he is indulging himself with his satirical humor more than the reader. I guess I had the wrong idea about this book, it is definitely not a thriller and I did the unthinkable...skipped around then finally skipped to the last 3 or so chapters since I knew that might be able to hold my interest until the en...more

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May 14, 2012 Althea Ann rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

One of those books that I felt I ought to read just because I've always heard of it, and knew nothing about it. I haven't ever even seen the movie, so I came into the book expecting nothing.
I have to say, the first half of the book, to me, was kinda boring, slow, and painfully dated. I didn't expect to start liking it.
But - the second half picked up, as the plot, and its unravelling, came to fruition. So it gets an extra star that I didn't really expect to give.
I think I'd recommend it to John l...more

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May 13, 2010 Nathan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I expected this book to be a heavier, more cerebral read than it was. Maybe I'm completely desensitized by the mockery our political system has become, but nothing the book may have been trying to say about our political system was remotely shocking or thought-provoking.

but really, I'm not sure how much Condon was trying to make a commentary on the cold war and McCarthyism as much as he just wanted to use them as a platform to tell a really good story. It was a really good story. It moved fast,...more

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Aug 25, 2011 Kathryn Flatt rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Gotta read even if you've seen the movie(s).

The first movie made from this novel was pretty good, although it did not deliver the whollop of the book. The second movie was updated and seemed to rely more on the enemy's methods to deliver the shock.

Mr. Condon's novel delivers a powerful punch, setting the reader up for the shocking revelation and the even more shocking aftermath of it. Even with a credential like that, the prose is surprisingly compact, direct and sharp. A most enviable piece of...more

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Mar 03, 2008 Chris rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense

I must say, it's interesting reading a book where the author seems to have contempt for nearly all of his characters. At least that was the impression I got when the book started. The Manchurian Candidate is populated with patently unlikable characters, beginning with the central character himself, Raymond Shaw. A sergeant in the US Army during the Korean war, Raymond is utterly unlikable. It's not because he's ugly or stupid or foolish, but rather because he just has no desire to be liked at al...more

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Nov 26, 2007 Lucy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Tailored by communist brainwashing during the Korean War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw is the perfect assassin. A Medal of Honor hero, son to a senator, unattached, cynical, Shaw can be transformed into a mindless killer by a few words lodged deep in his subconscious. In what might be considered one of the most impactful novels in modern American history, Richard Condon creates a terrifying web of psychological manipulation and political intrigue.
Condon’s highly politicized book smacks of hyperbolic M...more

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Jul 31, 2012 Cameron Crawford rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Oh how this book haunts me. Being that the movie (the real one, with Sinatra, not that other thing they called a film) is one of my top ten movies, I felt that I should read the book. There are elements in the book not in the film(s) that when left to the imagination leave me with dread and paranoia. The fact that brain washing is portrayed as something that can so easily happen makes you wonder about the people around you. Who is being manipulated and am I, myself, being manipulated?

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Jul 07, 2012 Ptaylor rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An amazing, frightening book. It was a bestseller in 1959, and I can see why. I started it yesterday, and went to sleep reading it last night. Raymond Shaw is an American hero who's been brainwashed into becoming the perfect assassin. With no memory of his kills, he has no fear and no guilt. Condon's main characters are flawed and twisted people, and he gives us enough of their background so that we can see how they grew that way. Highly recommended.

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Mar 28, 2012 Motorcycle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I enjoyed that he was un-apologetic about the pacing. It was static, and kind of quick, which made the surprises kind of cool. I also liked that his protagonist was such and unlikable guy. But it seemed like a bit of a cheat that Marco transgresses in such an un-selfreproaching way in guiding Raymond in murder then suicide. I guess that even though I accept that federal agents might murder, I expect them to at least feel a little qualmish about it.

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Jul 01, 2009 Colleen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller

"The prune pie is very good, sir," the waitress said. He told her he'd take the prune pie and he hated her in a hot, resentful flash because he did not want prune pie. He hated prune pie and he had been maneuvered into ordering prune pie by a rube waitress who would probably slobber all over his shoes for a quarter tip.

Above is my new favorite paragraph. Loved this book. Never seen the movie although now I really want to.

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Jul 23, 2011 David rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the 1959 classic that led to two successful film adaptations, including the 1962 version which is one of my all-time favorite films. All I can say is that this book is every bit as potent. The biggest differences are that the movie begins with Marco's dreams and the discovery of what they mean. The book reverses the order, and I do prefer the more mysterious non-linear way of the movie. Either way, what an exceptional thriller!

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Dec 20, 2008 Tom added it · review of another edition

Added this to the favorites list. Condon is sometimes called "the master of the satirical thriller," and this book, Winter Kills and Prizzi's Honor are the best examples. The old B/W John Frankenheimer Manchurian Candidate film (who cares about the crappy remake?) with Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Khiegh Diegh et al. is also outstanding...

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Mar 04, 2013 81trucolors rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Very difficult to rate this book as the writing is quit good. Complex sentence structure and impressive vocabulary makes this an interesting read if not an easy one. Simply put, The Manchurian Candidate is extremely depressing. If you like Stephen King books you will probably like this. The plot twists are great, as is is the general idea but honestly this book was so dark it just brought me down.

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Jul 28, 2011 Justin added it · review of another edition

This is by far the worst book that i have ever read so far. I have put it in the same category of the Abyss and David and Bathsheba. This was a real stinkero. The book left the reader wondering so many questions. I felt that if it was this bad maybe the movie i am not sure as i havent seen the movie yet, but this book got throne straight into the garbage can. Where it belongs!!!!

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Aug 31, 2008 Seth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: espionauge, literature-or-nearly, military-fiction

This was an absolutely fine classic novel. I enjoy taking a good book and indicating approximately which other stories the book is a hybrid of, in this case imagine if F.Scott Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby" was crossed with "The Bourne Identity" and then crossed once more with "Red Dragon" (and in all cases I am referring the book text, not whatever variations can be found in the movies, particularly Identity)
But could the two latter mentioned stories have even existed if this story had not paved a...more

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Apr 29, 2011 David rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mr. Condon wrote a fascinating thriller that revolves around a crew of Chinese scientists that brain washed a squad of US solders that were on patrol near the Korean border. The Chinese scientist selected a special recruit; a one Raymond Shaw, who later becomes a robot for the Chinese with orders to execute a presidental candidate. Highly recommend.

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Mar 27, 2011 Matt Heimer rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Come back with me, won't you, to an era where all the men drink martinis all day, all the dames are broads, and anyone who has any recognizable ethnicity is reduced to an easily classified stereotype. Actually, don't come with me, it's kind of a drag. The pulpy prose is occasionally fun, but the book really can't hold a candle to the (original) movie.

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Apr 27, 2012 Jake rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: conspiracy

Condon doesn't handle his transitions well and this book is definitely way too dated but otherwise it is a very good conspiracy (even borderline horror) read. I could imagine that reading this in the late-50s with McCarthyism and paranoia about mind-washing rampant would have given me nightmares. Certainly set a good standard for years to come.

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