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The Manchurian Candidate - Richard Condon

Description: ISBN 1568582706 / Genre: Crime / Thriller

Newest Review: ... Chinese during an Intelligence and Reconnaissance patrol. During captivity they are all brainwashed before being released. ... more

... All the surviving men end up convinced that Shaw had heroically saved them after an (imaginary) engagement with the enemy. Such a feat of bravery earns Shaw the prestigious Medal of Honour upon return to the US – exactly as the Chinese authorities intended. The Communists use Raymond as a sleeper agent by using the queen of diamonds in a deck of playing cards as a subconscious trigger during games of solitaire. When the queen of diamonds appears he is automatically compelled to unconsciously follow their instructions. ...more

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The Manchurian Candidate - Richard Condon: They Have Ways of Making You Kill (745 words)
by Zmugzy - written on 15/01/07 (Very useful, 168 readings)
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The Manchurian Candidate is a sharp, stylish and a tense but at times an amusing account of the American political landscape. The central concept of the book is concerns the son of a prominent political family who has been brainwashed into becoming an unwilling assassin for the Chinese Communist Party. The book has made the transition to the big screen on two occasions, the first version in 1962 starred Frank Sinatra and the second version in 2004 starred Denzel Washington where the villain is portrayed as a giant corporation called "Manchurian Global" rather than Chinese Communism. Neither film comes near to matching the intensity and quality of the source ...

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