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The Manchurian Candidate
Richard Condon
出版
RosettaBooks
, 2013-11-25
主題
Fiction / Political
Fiction / Thrillers / General
ISBN
0795335067
9780795335068
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=00U3AgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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The classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: “Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating.” —
The New Yorker
A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sgt. Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon—a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors’ signal. Now he’s been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate running for US president . . .
This “shocking, tense” and sharply satirical novel has become a modern classic, and was the basis for two film adaptations (
San Francisco Chronicle
).
“Crammed with suspense.” —
Chicago Tribune
“Condon is wickedly skillful.” —
Time