false <![CDATA[The Manchurian Candidate]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174285807m/376514.jpg 376514 28 Richard Condon's 1959 Cold War thriller remains just as chilling today. It's the story of Sgt. Raymond Shaw, an ex-prisoner of war (and winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor) who, brainwashed with the rest of his unit by a Chinese psychological expert during his captivity in North Korea, has come home programmed to kill. His primary target is a U.S. presidential nominee. Made into a controversial 1962 movie with Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, and Angela Lansbury. 1977427 1959 The Manchurian Candidate total:337|5:71|4:119|3:104|2:34|1:9| 337 1220 495 53 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 14:21:09 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 14:29:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 06:14:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 08:10:10 -0700 2009 Soldie...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 18:58:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 20:20:51 -0700 2009
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 gloomil...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 16:17:52 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 16:19:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 26 23:28:49 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 23:59:00 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 13:15:27 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 13:23:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Sat Dec 20 13:38:17 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 13:45:11 -0800 2008 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, Fra...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 16:22:39 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 20:51:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 29 19:23:12 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 19:23:12 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 11:19:42 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 11:21:03 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 20:54:41 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 20:59:22 -0700 2009
This book was written in 1959, so it is unlikely that it is actually a biography of Barack Hussein Obama II.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 15 08:37:11 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 07:09:53 -0700 2008
There are some problems with the book: the writing is uneven at times, for one. And there are a few lose ends that don't get ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jun 07 18:47:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 18:48:32 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 08:07:42 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 11:08:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 19 13:22:12 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 13:24:44 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Feb 21 10:09:10 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 10:09:10 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 21 03:35:11 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 03:39:05 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Nov 27 13:32:57 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 13:34:08 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Feb 06 13:53:16 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 13:54:02 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 11 08:21:17 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 08:28:19 -0700 2007
We meet up with Serg Shaw, an ex Korean War POW. He's known to be quite the unlikable character, but he's the pa...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=376514