The Manchurian Candidate
First edition | |
| Author | Richard Condon |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Bernard Krigstein |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill |
Publication date | April 27, 1959 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 311 |
| OCLC | 52409655 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.O487 M36 2003 |
The Manchurian Candidate (1959), by Richard Condon, is a political thriller about the son of a prominent U.S. political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for a Communist conspiracy. The Manchurian Candidate novel has twice been adapted into a feature film; the first is The Manchurian Candidate (1962), which deals with anti-communist hysteria in U.S. politics, and the second is The Manchurian Candidate (2004), which deals with corporate interference in the U.S. government.